_ 44 _ so as early for India, where help was needed, whereas the business in Bahrain could be settled at a later date. Others were of the opinion that he should not disguise the situation in Bahrain now, on account of the King of Portugal’s obligation to support his vassal, the King of Ormuz in his kingdom. The matter would be resolved much easier if Nuno da Cunha was in the fort in Bahrain, on which the Moors had their eyes, then they would be so afarid that they would not cause trouble for fear of punishment. It was known that if the Wazir saw the Portuguese fleet in Bahrain, he would quickly hand over the fort and the kingdom; which he would not do later on, but rather [...] when he saw Nuno da Cunha in Ormuz, acting in disguise the situation. There would be plenty of time to deal with the business of Dui. The right thing to do was to secure the forty thousand pardaus for the King of Portugal because they could not fail to deduct forty thousand pardaus from the King of Ormuz’s tribute while Bahrain, which in its paid him forty thousand in turn, was in rebellion. Nuno da Cunha agreed with this second opinion, and he promptly ordered his brother Simão to go to Bahrain aboard a ship belonging to a merchant, Jorge Gomes. He
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