_ 105 _ with them and money, and many reinforcements of men, so the Turks were reduced to such privation that they proposed a rule to save lives. The Persian did not agree to this and ordered his captains to give no quarter to anyone, and so it was. However, after so many victories won by the Persians, the Turk has won others against them and has taken many of their principal cities where there are now permanent garrisons, as in the City of Tabriz. After these Turks victories, the Shah has become much weaker and his people have risen against him, especially in the time of the present ruler, although in the past years, he has been subjugating some of his lands, and others which rebelled have submitted to him, and now the Shah has the opportunity to come back and recover his lands. The Portuguese have not yet received any rebuff from these Persians but have continued a friendship and contact with large caravans through Ormuz and ambassadors and a great deal of trade. The shore of the entrance to the Strait goes from Cape Jask, which is at 20° North, to the mouth of the river Indus, which marks the boundary of the Kingdom of Sind, where the State of the King of Persia turns south again. There are
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