_ 92 _ Before giving me this information, they gave me another: they said that Mir Hussein, the Captain of the Turks, had captured Aden and taken all the Nacodas ships off the carracks; they said that he had not allowed them to leave the port, to prevent them from taking this news to the Portuguese. Four galleys came to Dofar to guard them. Many people in this land fear that Aden has been taken. Anyway, I learnt what I am writing to Your Highness, because the Moor confirmed that this was the truth, and the other information was a lie. He knew that all those things had happened in Aden, and he had seen them take place before his very eyes. Every year I give orders for information to be gathered about the Turks. May it please God that it always be so and the outcome such as this. I have sent a terrada into their midst from which they will certainly learn everything. When information arrives, I shall pass it on to the Governor in India. Concerning Basra, I am still at war there because the Captain does not want to give me some foists which he has there. If the previous Captains of this fortress had done as much, he would have already given them, and we would be at peace. As long as I remain in this land, I shall not make peace with him, unless he hands over the foists to me,
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