_ 178 _ Guazil must communicate them to the Governors with much information. This was not done before because the kingdom and the government of it and the customs house was controlled by order of the Guazils and emirs of the country. It is very different now because the customs house belongs to our Lord the King, and the other things are done and ordered by the council, by decisions of the captains, factors and other officials and the orders of the Lord Governors, who want an account of everything. Your Lordship can learn from the secretary António Cardoso what was done about this in his time. As for the actions of Rais Nur al-Din, he went to EI Katiff as captain of the soldiers from this country who went in company with Bernardim de Sousa. He served our Lord the King, and the King and kingdom of Ormuz well there, both in the taking of the fortress and in the peace agreement which he made with the Lord of [Laça] after Bernardim de Sousa had gone. He returned very well ill with fever and remains so, and it seems more probable that he must take leave of his affairs in order to […] than of any others. I think that he will give a good account of himself to Your Lordship and his father. Certainly, Sir, if he dies, which God forbid, Rais Sharafa
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