_ 25 _ In the same year (1516) Rais Sharaf, the Minister of Ormuz, sent a letter to King Suleiman, the Ottoman Sultan, in 1516, requesting his arrival in Ormuz and Oman to free the Muslims from the Portuguese occupation:(4) To you, the opener and discover of great renown and prosperity, venerated and honoured, whose stir up God will assist, praise and renowned him among all other men who guard castles, fearless in truth, upholding that of our prophet against the renegades and evil dress, the preserving the honour of the Alguazils, and to whom all the Kings look up to and hope you will be received and confirmed with the help of God, by the King Coleymão, father of the Alguazils and whom may God preserve in His keeping the time he may have marked out. (4) Document no. and reference.
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