_ 228 _ In the same year (1550) The Viceroy received news of the siege of Ormuz, so he prepares himself to go to save. Those events were mentioned in the book: "The Biography of Dom João III", by Francisco de Andrade:(26) Estevão Gomes the factor of Kalhat, who was making his way to Goa in his terranquin, crossed that great gulf until he arrived in Bassein, from where he continued his voyage, after giving to it the news that he was carrying. This news about the Turks caused such a shock in Bassein that some people immediately started to get ready to go to the relief of Ormuz. The first of them was Antonio de Så, nicknamed “The Turk”, who promptly set sail the following day in a light cutter with twenty soldiers. (26) Document no. and reference.
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