_ 128 _ death of all the officials and persons who serve in posts in the favour of the King of Ormuz, the Governors makes the appointments, in ten years there will be nothing in Ormuz which the King Ormuz can give to his servants. For this reason, I should welcome an instruction from Your Highness in which you order that the Governors are not to appoint to posts or offices in the favour of the King of Ormuz, nor appoint anyone but those approved by the King of Ormuz. In this manner Your Highness will be better served both by the King of Ormuz and the Lords [Governors]. The news from Basra at present is that the Turk men are there who were there before. No one goes there from Ormuz and the King of [Gizar], who is his neighbour is on very bad terms with him and kills his men every day, and tries to do him all the harm he can. With the help of Our Lord as soon as I arrive in Ormuz, I am determined to appoint him, and the King of Ormuz and my father will do likewise. I shall try to make as good a friend of him as possible, so that Your Highness shall be better served from here. The news from Persia and Shah Tahmasp is that he has extended his power beyond Tabriz into Turkish lands, and it is said that the Turk is in Aleppo. The risk cannot be taken of leaving this situation as it is, for fear that Shah
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