_ 11 _ (3) Document no. and reference. In the same year (1547) Bastiao Lopez Lobato, the commercial Agent in Ormuz, sent a letter to His Excellency the Governor Dom Joao de Castro, Ormuz, the 3rd of February 1547, in which he mentioned the occupation of Basra by the Turks:(3) My Lord, Antonio Rodrigues arrived in this city on 22nd February. He would have returned immediately if the weather had permitted. So enthusiastic is he about serving Your Lordship that he considers the days which he spends in this land to be wasted. He came late, during the winter, which was very severe here this year. Nonetheless, I could not have prepared matters any faster for him. With regards to the fish which Your Lordship orders to be sent, there is none in this land and it has to come from
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