_ 143 _ (18) Document no. and reference. In the same year (1531) Rashid bin Ahmed Al-Masqati, the ruler of Ormuz, sent a letter to Dom João III, requesting the reconstruction of Qalhat:(18) To Magnanimo Soberano, Dom João, King of Portugal. Kiss the earth beneath the plants of Your Majesty, the least of Your servants, and represent the Sublime, and highest. Highness, of the King, son of Kings, glory of Monarchs, Lord of the Kings of Arabia and Persia, pillar of good government, and of clemency, fencer of calamities, tyrannies, and injustices, worthy of praises, and greatness, receptacle of glory, and dignity of the Monarchy, the most powerful of all the Frankish Kings of all the worlds; with whose reign God honored our country, constituting it as a new Sovereign, King of Portugal, and its limits.
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