_ 524 _ He asked me if I would be kind enough to help him,because he had always wanted friendship with the Portuguese. I was delighted by his letter as well as by his consideration in giving a report of his decision and good intentions, together with the trust and friendship that he wishes to share with me. I immediately began to get ready, and so that you know that my intention is to go and help you, I am sending a Portuguese there so that you may be informed by him that, with Our Lord's help, I shall be with you very soon, and also by him that you send word about how I am to make my outward journey and arrive there, and how many of those wretched people there are,and what they did after arriving. You should inform me about everything that you have achieved, because it is appropriate that I should know. As I am pressed for time, I say no more in this letter, except,“May Our Lord grant you victory against your enemies”. From Rias Pasha, Governor of Baghdad, to Ali bin Alian,King of [Gizaira] After all his courtesies and following his custom, he said,"In all this time, you and I have maintained a great friendship and we are also very close neighbours. The caravans come and go to and from both countries. Now, on a certain day, the King my lord ordered me to go and capture Basra. From there I was to
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