_ 264 _ In the same year (1548) An agreement was reached between the Governor Dom João de Castro and the King of Aden, Basin, on the 12th of February 1548:(65) In the name of the high and omnipotent God. This contract of peace and amity was written on 12 February in the year of Our Lord 1548 in the fortress of Bassein, in the presence of D. João de Castro, Captain General and Governor in these parts of India on behalf of his lord, the high and mighty King João III of Portugal. Whoever sees it may know that peace and friendship were agreed between the said lord and the great king, the Sultan of Aden, Muhammad bin Sheikh Ali and his brothers Sheikh [Hocmex] bin Sheikh Ali and Sheikh Abdul Jabir, by the noble and honourable Emir Daud bin Ahmad, (65) Document no. and reference.
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