_ 174 _ In the same year (1547) Garcia de Ca sent a letter to the Viceroy from Goa, dated September 1547, and his opinion was on the boycott:(43) Sir, What I know of Basra is that there are no other provisions in the country, apart from what comes to them from the islands of Jizar and from Persia, which are a lot, and they come to them because they have an outlet and also because there are no soldiers there from which the trade of Ormuz is [...]. Who would take Basra from them, if it were abandoned, at least by the foreigners, and it would not produce anything for the Turks, thereby depriving them of what could keep and sustain them, which [...] [...] from Persia. With Basra in the hands of the Turks, neither provisions (43) Document no. and reference.
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