_ 146 _ (31) Document no. and reference. In the same year (1547) A letter came to the viceroy from Manuel de Sousa de Sepulveda, Goa, on the 18th of September 1547, regarding the arrangement of a shipping line between Ormuz and Basra:(31) Sir, It is my view that Your Lordship should extend sailing between Ormuz and Basra because otherwise Our Lord the King will suffer a great loss both in the Custom House of Ormuz and those of India. Because if the merchandize from the Moluccas and Malacca has no outlet by the Basra route, the merchants will not go looking for it there and the Custom Houses will yield much less. Also, it seems to me imperative to be in a position to know the plans of the Turks who are there. This must be
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