_ 42 _ arrived and told him that Manuel de Macedo had taken Rais Sharif prisoner and that there was already unrest in the city. Nuno da Cunha was stunned and ordered Simão to go as quickly as possible and capture Rais Sharif and bring him back to the fort, Simão da Cunha went with a large band of men and entered the King’s palace and took the Wazir away from Manuel de Macedo. There were a few words exchanged about this, and he brought the Wazir to the fort where he was put in the keep. They quickly made an inventory of the Wazir’s possessions, leaving the King of Ormuz greatly insulted that this affair had taken place in his house and in his presence. Nuno da Cunha was outraged that Manuel de Macedo had undertaken such an important and dangerous business without consulting him and he ordered Macedo to be arrested, putting a gloss on it by saying that he was doing it in order to mollify the King of Ormuz and pacify the city, which was in uproar, since Rais Sharif was second-in-command to the King and very powerful and well connected. Reports of the arrest reached Bahrain, where the Wazir was Ras Bardadin, the brother-in-law of Ras Sharif. He heard how Ras Sharif had been taken prisoner in the King’s
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