_ 71 _ Gulf almost forty leagues nearer Basra than Ormuz, close to the coast of that part of the coast of Persia that the natives call Lastan. At the same time, as the King [Navão], a Moor named [Grodu] Shah was Lord of Mughistan and of all that lies in the hinterland of Ormuz on the Persian side, as far as Cape Jask. He had his seat in a city called Ormuz which is mentioned by Ptolemy in his charts of which some ruins are still to be seen today close to a fortress called Kuhistak, whose name has now been corrupted to Kosek. Others say that it is more likely to be where there are other ruins, in a place called [Meneu or Menejan], situated on a river which crosses the whole of Mughistan, the mainland of this kingdom on the Persian side, opposite New Ormuz, where we are now. This Grodu Shah was envious of the commerce and trade of the Lord of Kiš because of the number of ships which converged on that island from all parts of the Orient, from the province of China to the Red Sea Strait bringing drugs, cloth, silk, precious stones and other riches and luxuries from all parts to disperse from there through Persia, Greece and all Europe, the import duties which made the Lord of Kiš very rich. Wishing to have some port to which he could attract such trade and ships, Grodu Shah saw that the Lord
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