_ 219 _ On the following day I wanted to hear his views in his company and that of a few of Your Highness's noblemen and officials on Rais Sharaf's(A) decision. I showed them the clause of my orders which Your Highness gave me regarding him. It was the opinion of everyone that Your Highness had acted most virtuously in sending him, and that there appeared to be no danger, but rather that many unfortunate events would be avoided which might have arisen as a result of his stay both in Portugal and in India. They put forward many arguments, and I had an agreement drawn up from them by the secretary, which we all signed. We were all of the opinion that his stay in this city should not be as a prisoner, but as one at liberty, (A) Rais Sharaf, guazil of Ormuz since the time of Afonso de Albuquerque, had been summoned to Portugal by D João III in 1529 on account of various intrigues in which he was involved, and to obtain information from him regarding affairs in Ormuz. Reis Sharaf lived in Portugal for seventeen years, always being greatly honoured, until 1545, when the King ordered D João de Castro to take him to India to be restored to his post of guazil at Ormuz. His son was to be sent to Portugal as a guarantee of his future good conduct. Thus, before Reis Sharaf left for Ormuz, the boy had to be embarked for Portugal "to be treated with every favour", as the King recommended to the Governor in a letter dated 12 March 1545, published by Saraiva, Obras Completas, Vol VI, p 220. On the subject or Reis Sharaf, see also João de Barros and Gaspar Correia.
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