_ 160 _ (21) Document no. and reference. In the same year (1545) Judge of Ormuz Letter to His Excellency the Governor of India, D. Joao de Castro from Ormuz, on the 22nd of September 1545, informing him that Qatif is in the hands of Nur al-Din, son of Reis Sharaf, and that Reis Mahmud is in Bahrain:(21) Sir, From the Guazil of Ormuz. I wrote to Your Lordship at length by António Mendes about what I thought was necessary to say before his departure. Bernardim de Sousa is now leaving and so I think I should send word again by him, in addition to what I have already told you. After he had taken EI Katiff and repaired as best he could what had been destroyed, he handed over the land and fortress to Reis Nur al-Din, the son of Reis Sharafa, and
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