_ 127 _ remove this brother-in-law of Garcia de Sa and give the post of Khwaja Qasim’s brother, who is called Piri Ali. To the Governor, who considered that he was thereby acting in Your Highness’s service, what the King of Ormuz requested appeared reasonable and just. He appointed this Piri Ali, brother of Khwaja Qasim, who is now returning with me to Ormuz to serve in the post of Xabandar. I shall kiss Your Highness’s hands for granting me the favour of an instruction in which [ you state that] it is your wish that Piri Ali should serve in this post, and that no further post among those which are in the King of Ormuz’s favour are granted and that the Governors are to appoint to them. Only the King of Ormuz, who has always done so. Likewise, Your Highness should grant me the favour of another writ so that Khwaja Xaabo may serve in the post of broker of horses. He is a man of honour, a servant of the King of Ormuz, and he is serving in that post now. This is because the man who held in it died a little while ago and the Governor had given it to one of his servants. I spoke to him and told him that this post was in the favour of the King of Ormuz, and he agreed and gave orders that it should not be filled in this manner, for if on the
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