_ 46 _ Belchior de Sousa Tavares was already there with his ships. He had been at the place where the Euphrates river meets the Tigris, those were the first Portuguese ships to go there, waiting for a caravan of ships coming down the Euphrates from Baghdad (which we call Babylon). As soon as he had heard of the Wazir’s rebellion he had left all other, business and gone to lie off Bahrain, guarding his supplies and engaging in waging hostilities as best he could. He gave a report on the situation in that country to Simão da Cunha (who held the powers of Governor). He was of the opinion that they should go ashore quickly and attack the fort because the climate there was very unhealthy and in a few days, everybody would be falling sick. Simão da Cunha determined to do this quickly and he began to organize everything necessary for the assault.
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