_ 596 _ the judge, Rais Nur al-Din, Goa, on the 6th of November 1540. (page no. 294) Document No. (38): Diogo Lopes de Sousa sent a letter to D. Estevao da Gama, the Governor in India, from Diu on the 28th of December 1540, informing him of the Turkish activity in the Red Sea. (page no. 300) Document No. (39): In that year, a report was issued about the huge fleet that the ruler sailed to the Red Sea Strait, when he left India at the beginning of January 1541, after he entrusted the responsibility to Fernao Ruis de Castelo Branco, the first official in charge of the treasury, and the events he faced until he arrived in Massawa. (page no. 303) Document No. (40): Rais Rukn al-Din, the judge of Ormuz, sent a letter to Rais Sharaf, in which he narrated what was happening between Mani' bin Rashid bin Mughamis, the king of Al-Ahsa, and the chieftain Muhammad, the ruler of Bahrain, and he narrated that when the king of Al-Ahsa seized Basra, he learned that the ruler of Bahrain ordered the destruction of one hundred and fifty Barao ships by fire. (page no. 390) Document No. (41): The Count of Vimioso sent a letter to the Count of Castanheira, which stated that the Turkish fleet was in the Red Sea. (page no. 397)
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