_ 197 _ work, had the peril of our persons, and I judged this to be better employment than to remain idle in Ormuz, and as this was soon decided upon. I made myself ready and embarked with two hundred men, and with between six and seven thousand Persians and Arabs, which the King of Ormuz and the Guazil ordered should go with me, and as their Captain Reis Xadim, son of Reis Xarafo, because they were the chief personages the King of Ormuz had, and as we departed from Ormuz within a few days time I went on to Barem where I remained some days concluding the muster of the fleet, and doing what things were necessary for the siege because from thence there was only nine leagues distance of Catifa. As soon as we were altogether ready in all necessaries, we departed, and on the following day we anchored at the bar, and at night I went in, and before moving we disembarked on land, and the disembarkation was witnessed and awaited for by three or four thousand military men who were in the city, and they slew some thirty or forty Persians of my company and two of ours and they wounded as many more, and we likewise slew and wounded many more of theirs, in such a manner that we made them withdraw from the city, because the rest of the men were already ousted out, and as the field was clear
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