_ 19 _ these commodities, they will not fail to reach the Turks but less will go there. Our Lord the King loses nothing by not sailing there, because he has no other income from Basra except from horses and if the ones from Arabia do not come through there, they will come by way of EI Katiff and Kalhat, as they used to and do so even now, and those from Persia through Rishahr and the port of Ormuz. Besides, if they cannot support themselves in Basra when shipping is denied them, Baghdad and other places belonging to the Turks will suffer great loss. I heard and learned all this from a great many people and from Moors, natives of Basra and other neighbouring places, during the time that I was captain-major in Ormuz. Done today, 2 December 1547. Rafael Lopo
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