_ 22 _ Reis Sharaf, the guazil of the city and kingdom of Ormuz, as well as in Reis Nur al-Din, his son, I have granted the honour of the office of Guazil to the latter on the death of his father. It pleases me to grant them such an honour because his son will serve me well in this post, with the due rectitude and loyalty, which is expected of him. Therefore, by this Writ, I resolve and I order that, as long as one or other is serving me in this post of guazil, neither my present and future Captains in the fortress in Ormuz, nor any other of my officials in this fortress, whether from the courts of law or from the Treasury, may oversee nor look into, in any manner nor for any reason, those matters which relate to the guazilado, nor the Guazil’s administration, authority and jurisdiction. They are to allow them to have full usage of their rights and to attend to everything freely; that is to say, Reis Sharaf during his lifetime and Reis Nur al-Din, his son, both during his father’s lifetime and after his death, because thus do I resolve in the interests of my service. I thus notify my Captain-in-Chief and Governor in those lands of India, as well as my Chief Treasury Officers out there and the Captains and officials in the fortress of Ormuz, and whatever other Officials of mine and people to
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