_ 201 _ In the same year (1550) The Captain of the Ormuz fortress, D. Alvaro de Noronha, sent a letter to D. Joao III, Ormuz, on the 25th of November 1550, and he mentioned the people's discontent with the closure of the mosque in Ormuz:(23) [3v] Item: when I arrived in this city, I found the Moorish Alcoran(A) walled up. It was Master Gaspar(B) were very offended by this, and Don Manuel(C) who closed it. The Moors were very offended by this, because it appeared to them that, against their will, we wished to deprive them of the religion by which they lived. According to what I was (A) This evidently refers to the mosque. (B) This is reference to Father Gaspar Barzeu, of the Company of Jesus, a zealous missionary of Ormuz. (C) D. Manuel de Lima, whom D. Alvaro de Noronha succeeded. (23) Document no. and reference.
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