_ 147 _ what depends on you, that there is a focus on relieving us of part of the annual tribute, so that we can extricate ourselves and destroy the country; because in effecting the Kingdom in the name, and on behalf of Your Majesty, it is not right for me to defeat faith. The full conference depends on you, and on your noble will, and illustrious care. The great Captain Affonso de Albuquerque, with his faithful and vigilant care, made the population and commerce of this country grow, which was generally in great decline. Now the restoration and conservation depend on your Royal care; and on our part there is the execution of the great orders, for which we have our arms raised wide, and our feet firm, as well as for anything that violates our obedience. God eternalize your Reign. Seni date. From a sincere friend, Mir Xarafo ben Xarafo. Notes: Mir Xarafo ben Xarafo, Chief Guazil of Ormuz, was a son of the other Xarafo who by order of King D. Joao III had come to Portugal as a prisoner. See the note to Carta No 48 [DR 167 Documentos p. 162-4]. This Xarafo, the father of whom the letter speaks, was one of the sons of Nuradin, who had been a great friend of the Portuguese and had defended them in a battle they had
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