_ 278 _ In the same year (1548) Dom João de Castro sent a letter from Bassin on the 23rd of February 1548, in which he ordered the delegation of the commercial Agents and employees to the castles in India; to provide materials, provisions and other necessary things for the fleet of Dom Alvaro de Castro, for the fleet accompanying him to Aden based on orders signed by him:(68) D. João de Castro, on his return from the coast of Cambay and the Battle of Salsette, went to Bassein, where news reached him that the Sheikh of Aden, after expelling the Turks who has been occupying the city, had sent word to the Captain of Ormuz, offering to become a vassal of the King of Portugal. (68) Document no. and reference.
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