_ 77 _ which are nine thousand and thirty-six cruzados to pay macarrarias, which is tribute payable to the King of Persia and others, which are handed over to the Guazil who is judge of the customs house, to be distributed. That he would also be given the lodging allowances he paid to his servants. That the Moorish officials in the customs house were to continue to hold the posts to which the Kings of Ormuz appointed the persons they wished. Deeds were drawn up relating to these paragraphs and signed by all and recorded in the registers of the factory of that fortress, with the standing orders of the customs house from which I copied them. In addition, the King of Ormuz issued a firman sealed with his royal seal by which he conceded the customs house to the Kings of Portugal, which is in the same register and reads as follows: Deed of gift of the customs house of Ormuz made by King Salgur Shah to the Kings of Portugal. Firman equal to none, which I order all to obey, know that of my own free will and decision, through the great friendship and mutual obligation that exists between myself and my Lord Dom João, King of Portugal, whose greatness reaches the heavens and whose power extends over the surface of the earth, in estate equal to the King
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