_ 506 _ (91) Document no. and reference. In the same year (1546) Sebastiao Lopez Lobato sent a letter to the Governor of Ormuz, on the 24th of December 1546, mentioning the arrival of the Turks in Al-Qurna, and that the King of Basra asked for help:(91) Sir [...] by this letter, after stating in all justice, two [...] [...] in such great poverty on my birthday. On the feastday of the blessed apostle Saint Thomas, our patron, helper and defender in these parts, by the grace of the Lord God, a ship arrived in this city from Chaul and gave us the news of the great and wonderful victory that the Lord God (our) Saviour granted Your Lordship through his kindness and mercy, in the relief and defense of the fortress of Diu. As it was great and extraordinary, all of us hold and
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