_ 70 _ This is what the greed of the captains introduced into Ormuz many years ago in this area so that there is every reason for the King to impose dues on the money that comes from Basra to Ormuz and on the goods that go there from here. Ormuz is 27 degrees north, and its King is a vassal of our Lord the King. He has possessions on the coasts of both Persia and Arabia which once made him powerful, but he is now weakened by the resistance made against us at first and by some treachery he committed, and because the greed of the King’s ministers in the fortress increased and has affected him, his vassals and his lands. Since we are dealing with Ormuz, I will relate its origin of which no one has so far written. The beginnings of the Kingdom of Ormuz and its King to the present time, gathered from the written sources and old and learned Moors over the past eleven years. In 1293, Persia(A) was ruled by Abagha, son the Great Tartar Ilkhan, whom almost all writers call Alace or Alaono or Hulago, who was King of the whole Persian Gulf except for all the islands beyond there was a Lord named Malek Kish. His seat was the island of Kiš, which lies within the (A) Marginal note: The Kingdom of Ormuz.
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