_ 261 _ In the same year (1550) Dom Antao went to Basra and entered the Euphrates River, where he seized a castle belonging to the Turks. These events were mentioned in the book: "Da Asia Nova", by the Portuguese historian Diogo do Couto:(30) How D. Antão made his way to Basra and entered the river Euphrates where he captured a fortress from the Turks; and of the trick that the Pasha used to make our fleet withdraw. Since there was nothing more to be done there after the fortress had been razed to the ground and destroyed, Dom Antão de Noronha, as directed by his standing orders, decided to move on to Basra to support the king who was waiting for him so as to attack that fortress with his allies. He dispatched the ocean-going ships to Ormuz with (30) Document no. and reference.
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