The Portuguese in the Sea of Oman

_ 146 _ (19) Document no. and reference. In the same year (1531) Mir Sharaf, the deputy ruler of Ormuz, sent a letter to Dom João III, stating that his father had been taken prisoner to Portugal:(19) The greatest among the Great Sovereign Lords, and the one of greatest power among the Princes, and Conquerors, firmness of the Believers in the Meffias, column of the cults. Result of the precepts of the Gospel descended from the Kings, and Lord of the neighboring and difficult Climates, ElKing Dom João, to whom, God increases the life and exalts the Dominion. After a great and affectionate compliment, we inform you that the bearer of this letter informed you of where we are, and that he is in his own country and is on his own account, in order to move the country up to the top to do

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