_ 218 _ and there was no more, they could do. The fortress is called [Suebo]. It was small and there were seventy soldiers in it. It was taken by the Turkmens and men from [Gizare] and destroyed. On the following day they went on to another fortress called [Curnao], which was stronger and had more men in it, and this was also captured after a skirmish took place on both sides. They stayed in this fortress for five or six days deciding what they would do if Basra were attacked, or if they would attack another fortress called [Zequia]. As these events occurred as I describe, the foists and the three hundred cavalry which had gone as aid returned very depressed, bringing the news that the fortresses had been taken, that many thousands of men had come in, and that they feared that they were coming in pursuit. I assure you that at this news I saw the Turks in such fear, and the other people of the country so afraid with the great fear they have of the Turkmens that although they were approaching with very few men, there was no one who would prevent them from coming in. From the fear that afflicted everyone, I saw them plunder in an area where there were always two thousand bahars of all kinds of supplies. They were violent and by
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