_ 55 _ In the same year (1547) A letter was sent from D. Manuel de Lima to the Governor D. João de Castro, from Ormuz, on the 23rd of June 1547, talking about the situations in Basra:(16) Sir, I reply […] I arrived in this fortress of Ormuz on 18th May, and I was here for a month before the fortress was handed over to me because Luis Falcão wanted serve out his time, which was [...]. I took it over on 19th June. I found the place in some difficulties, without a single trader or anyone buying cloth or drugs or any other merchandise. All the people who usually come to trade in Ormuz were astonished at this . Also there was a captain of the King of Lar, an important person, on the mainland opposite this inland with many horsemen and infantry, who had been there for months, (16) Document no. and reference.
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