_ 123 _ Item: The latest news from this country is that Sheikh Ismael is waging war against the Khurasanis who are Tartars, whom he has already defeated once, and in fighting this war he is going to attack them with his entire state. God knows who will emerge the winner, but it is taken for granted that Sheikh Ismael will win because he has a larger army. Item: A Portuguese left here to buy horses in the interior, in a city called Kishm, which is a day’s journey from the court of Sheikh Ismael. They informed me that two ambassadors of the King of Hungary....... and one called Simão de Luz....... a letter of credit in Latin signed by him, because he received them through his ambassador and that everything that they report to him, on his behalf, be given credit. The proposed embassy was as follows: My Lord, the King of Hungary sends us to you, the King of Persia, with this brief letter. The road was very hazardous and because the route is through Turkish territory, he can no longer send any more splendid embassies. He thus sends us to tell you about how the King, your father, sent him his ambassadors to ask for help against the Turk and to wage as fierce a war as possible throughout his country. Sir, the King of Hungary put this into practice and gave him as much help as he could. This you will be able to learn from the veterans
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