_ 118 _ accumulate; agreements would proliferate and there would be kingdoms and tributary provinces. Aden would be returned (sci); the Straits of Ormuz and Mecca would be safeguarded; treaties and agreements would be signed with Sheikh Tahmasp(A); the Abyssinians would be reformed; the Kings of India and the other regions would consider themselves fortunate that a prince rules and deals with them; fleets would sail to many places so that the people were well-supplied and content, It would be possible for all this and more to be done. I swear to Your Highness and to God that that is how our men want this happen, as if the prince had already arrived. The fleets and the governors who come here and the way they run this administration, provide ample motive for the Turks to take our naus from us Your Highness, do not imagine that these remarks refer to the commanders of the fortresses rather than to Your Highness’s officers, because, in the end we all fight when duty calls. Therefore, if Your Highness wishes to make use of me here, consider relieving me of the business of finance, which is what I am engaged in, when I should be dealing with the business of war. It is serious matter to be always (A) Shah Tahmasp of Persia.
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