_ 18 _ by Francisco Nunez and Francisco Pedroso, clerks in the factory at Ormuz, was presented to me. The transcript reads as follows. Dom João, by the grace of God, King of Portugal and of the Algarve, here and over there, in Africa, Lord of Guinea and of the conquest, navigation and trade in Ethiopia, Arabia, Persia and India, etc. I make known to whoever may see this, my letter, that in respect for the many services which Reis Sharaf, Guazil of the city and kingdom of Ormuz has rendered to me, continues to render and which I expect him to render in the future, I have pleasure in honouring his sons, in particular Reis Nur al-Din, his eldest son, who came to my court, where he served me. He is a person such as I trust to serve me loyally in matters which I entrust to him and he will conduct himself honourably. For all these reasons, and because it pleases me to please his father, Reis Sharaf, by this letter, I resolve to grant him the honour of the post of Guazil in that city and kingdom of Ormuz, on the death of his father: the salary, the rights relevant to the post, the command and jurisdiction, the privileges, trading rights and immunities, as well as by any other things of direct relevance to this guazilado. This is just as in accordance with what his father Reis Sharaf, has in my letter and as have had other guazils in the past.
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