_ 207 _ In the same year (1550) The Great Turk Pasha Piri Bey ordered to impose a siege on Ormuz Castle with twenty-five ships. These events were mentioned in the book: "The Biography of Dom Joao III", by Francisco de Andrade:(24) Part IV: 92, pp. 372-8 The Grand Turk orders the Pasha Pirbec to lay siege to the fortress of Ormuz with twenty-five galleys. Dom Alvaro de Noronha, the captain of the fortress, receives the news and he orders Fernão Dias Cesar to spy on them, then Simão da Costa and Manuel Colasso; what happens to Simão da Costa on this voyage. The Pasha Pirbec lays siege to the fort of Muscat before he arrives in Ormuz; and what happens to him. As soon as the Grand Turk received news that our fleet, (24) Document no. and reference.
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