_ 222 _ "On the fifteenth day of May 1521 Governor Diogo Lopez de Sequeira arrived in Ormuz and found that the King of Bahrain and Katifa had rebelled against the King of Ormuz. He ordered Antonio Correa, his nephew, to go there with seven ships and four hundred men, and they fought King Mocrim of the said country, and his head rests here. Many Moors died, and some Christians, and many were wounded. When the Moors found themselves defeated, they also gave up Katifa. Antonio Correa also found a small galley made by the Mamelukes which is now under the Portuguese flag. The governor ordered this sepulchre to be set up in honour of the king who died, a great gentleman and in memory of the Christians.” Chapter: XXXI to LX List of words and their meanings: Sombrero fish, this name was given by sailors to an extraordinary ‘sea fish’ in the Indian Ocean and was probably a shark. Gahar, an Indian weight used by the Portuguese and equivalent to about 4001b. Nair, one of the military caste on the Malabar coast.
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