_ 124 _ of your court, who made up 6,000 cavalry and a great many infantry. Now he has sent us here to ask you to arm 600,000 of your men, that is, 400,000 travelling overland and 200,000 by sea. He only asks you to attack the interior. To this the Sultan, who is his governor and rules over all the land, answered that it was not an opportune moment for the King to help him, while he was at war with the Khurasanis and the Uzbeks. It is said that Sheikh Ismael is in no way pleased with them but rather offended them in several ways. They wanted to come here but the King of Hungary’s letter, said to have been written on 13th September 1528, had not allowed them. Item: The news about the Mamluks is that they were defeated, and Suleiman was killed, together with all the others. A former slave of Suleiman rebelled and had all the money and artillery that Suleiman was transporting from the Turks in his possession. He sent the artillery to Jeddah and, like a merchant, quickly prepared two or three ships to sail to Cambay. He had to spend the monsoon of 1530 there. It is reported that he is carrying a large sum of money. There is no more news to convey to Your Lordship. I was given another of his letters about the pearls which had to be six carats. I have some of six carats. However, not
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