_ 195 _ In the same year (1547) Jorge Cabral sent a letter to the Viceroy, from Goa, on the 30th of September 1547, in which he refused to establish contact with Basra:(50) Sir, As to what Your Lordship asks me about whether ships should be allowed to go to Basra, which now belongs to the Turks, I think it a great disservice to Our Lord the King to agree to it. Rather should it be forbidden, so that the Turks lose hope of profit from that port and of the help that they will receive from the ships that sail there. The drugs that pass through there will also be stopped from going to that port. Although His Highness may lose some benefits from the revenues of the Custom House by this, he should not think about his profit at a time when the State of India, which (50) Document no. and reference.
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