_ 86 _ the lands of Imam Zain Al-Din and had captured five fortresses from him; and he had killed four hundred Turkish horsemen as they returned. It was also said that this September ten or twelve Turkish foists are coming to Kalhat and Muscat. We do not know what the captain is ordering by way of making ready what is required for this. Item: Your Lordship has issued a writ to King Turun Shah in which you agreed that no one to whom King Shargol Shah had granted an office in this kingdom of Ormuz could serve in it without the approval of King Turun Shah, his son. Tristão d’ Orta came here with a fireman from King Shargol Shah, his father, confirmed by Your Lordship, by which he granted him the salary and perquisites and privileges of captain of the King’s guard. The King does not approve of this and is angered by it, because he has nothing for himself let alone anything to give to anyone. However, because of Your Lordship’s confirmation and so as not to disobey it, I have given Tristão d’Orta on behalf of King Turun Shah seven hundred xerafins so that he would not cause the King this vexation. He would not take them but went instead to the Captain and Crown Judge, and they gave him possession, at which the King is upset. He requests Your Lordship, and he is writing about it to you asking you to do him justice and not
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