_ 151 _ (33) Document no. and reference. In the same year (1547) Simao Botelho, from Goa, sent on the 26th of September 1547, his opinion which is the boycott with Basra:(33) I, Simão Botelho, Chief Treasury Officer in this region of India, declare that when offering my opinion to the governor, Dom João de Castro, about the council that he had convened concerning whether it would be more in the interests of our Lord the King to allow merchandize from Ormuz to go to Basra where the Turks now are, or to prevent it and not agree to any ship. Terrada or merchandize from Ormuz to go to Basra where the Turks now are, or to prevent it and not agree to any ship, terrada or merchandise going there I stated that, in my view, under no circumstance should His Lordship
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