_ 41 _ They built a fortress on the island of Kamran so that their galleys could shelter. The news there is that their Commander, whose name is Rais Suleiman, is on his way to India, pretending that he is on a pilgrimage to Mecca. Nekhoda Yusuf gave me the news that he had left there. He also told me that the King of Masira sent a message to Rais Suleiman advising him not to come to India at the moment, stating that I was your friend and, moreover, that he had too few ships. So there is news there that the Grand Turk and the King of Syria are at war with ech other. The Grand Turk is advancing on the King of Syria who has ordered his subjects in Aleppo to make ready. The Grand Turk has set five hundred sails to Alexandria. This news Nakhoda Yusuf gave me. Item: When your naus arrived from Ormuz, I had gone to Beteageta, because there was a war going on there with some heathen captains. I killed many of their people and also captured their wives and children. As I was not in Diu, I did not forward some items that I wanted to send you. Send a letter to His Lordship, the Captain General, telling his that when he goes to Aden not to wage war. It would be better make peace with the people of Aden because they
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