The Portuguese in the Sea of Oman

_ 9 _ (1) Document no. and reference. Episodes of the year 1529 In February 1529, Rais Sharaf was arrested by order of the King of Portugal. His arrest took place as stated in the book: "History of the Discovery and Conquest of India by the Portuguese", by Fernao Lopes de Castanheda, (chapters 102 and 103):(1) Chapter: 102 Nuno da Cunha was spending the monsoon in Mombassa where Sinao da Cunha Don Francisco da Sa and Francisco da Mendonca met him at the end of the season. They had been there also, where four hundred of our men had died as they told Nuno da Cunha. They told him also of the loss of Afonso Baz Azambujo and of Bernaldim da Silveira. This made him very sad, and he feared that Garcia de Sa and Antonio de Saldanha might also have perished.

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