_ 154 _ In the same year (1550) The counselor Thomas Sirao sent a letter to D. Joao III, King of Spain, explaining the claim of Zaid, the Persian Muslim, from Ormuz, on the 24th of November 1550:(19) Sir, I am Licentiate Tomas Serrão, judge of this City of Ormuz, a post) Your Highness granted me as a favour. In view of the things that are happening here, I fulfil my duty by writing about some of them to Your Highness. The first of these is about how last year, in March 1550, a Moor named Zeid Maduny(A), a native of Persia, came from Chaul to this city. Among the Moors he is considered a descendant of Mohammed because it is claimed, the Zeids (A) Concerning him, see Documenta Indica vol 1 625, 677, 691-2 and above, Doc 21 25 26. (19) Document no. and reference.
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