_ 13 _ power and authority there and was well connected. This was because our people were much feared. Nuno da Cunha was so angry at Manuel de Macedo's capture of Rais Sharif and ignoring his presence there that he ordered him to be taken into custody notwithstanding being shown the order from the king instructing him to do what he had done. This was also to appease the King of Ormuz who had been much aggrieved at Rais Sharif's capture in his own palace. Following Rais Sharif's imprisonment in August Nuno da Cunha began preparing his departure for India. The King of Ormuz then received news that Rais Barbadin the governor of Bahrain had rebelled against him and was refusing to send him the forty thousand xerafins usually paid as rental. This was on account of Rais Sharif's imprisonment; being his brother-in-law, He said that the king had caused him to be seized having allowed him to reside in his own palace and he therefore would do him any injury of which he was able. When the king heard this, he made it known to Numo da Cunha, saying that as he was a vassal of the King of Portugal and was paying tribute to him, he as the governor should restore Bahrain and the obedience of Rais Barbadin.
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