_ 64 _ dues are paid in Goa, as Your Lordship knows. The drugs that came this year from India were pitiful to see, and no merchant would buy as much as a handful of them. When they came from Basra, they bought a considerable quantity of them and there is no outlet for them other than Basra, since Sheikh Ismael does not buy as much as ten candis of drugs. Hajji Fayat asked me to write to Your Lordship about three nephews of his who are at present in Goa. One of them is called Jabir Equiram, another Shadi Soar Equiram and the other Abbas Cayal. They left Ormuz in a Cambay carrack, which I think must have been the one seized by Antonio Monis. As this Hajji Fayat is showing himself to be a good friend to the King’s and Your Lordship’s service, he deserves all the favour Your Lordship may order he should receive, because if he truly wishes, you can learn all the news of the Turks and his intentions. The Guazil of Kalhat and Sheikh Rabia, and the factor of Kalhat have sent me news from the Strait. They say that a Sheikh Abdullah came from Aden and another terrada, and that they were expecting the arrival of a captain with three thousand Turks and twenty galleys
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