_ 426 _ from one city to another until he decided to return to Ormuz, and from there to Goa in India. (page no. 80) Document No. (13): On the 2nd of January 1518, Denise Ferdinandes sent a letter to King Manuel, regarding the fleet in which the Governor of India Lobo Soares sailed to the Red Sea, and about his successes, the names of the captains, and the number of “naw” ships it consisted of, where he mentions the names of the islands and ports, as well as the troubles they faced at Bab al-Mandab. (page no. 89) Document No. (14): Joao de Lima sent a letter to the king on the 22nd of December 1518. (page no. 100) Document No. (15) A letter from Alvaro Benheiro, the Crown Judge in Ormuz, to Dom Manuel I, in Cochin, on the 12th of January 1519, suggesting the construction of one castle in Bahrain, another in Qatif, a third in Basra, and another in the upper Euphrates River, in addition to the care of the coast of Muscat. (page no. 109) Document No. (16): At the beginning of that year, the Viceroy of India decided that 1520 would be the year of the invasion of Jeddah, fighting the Turks, burning their ships, and then building a castle
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