The Portuguese in the Sea of Oman

_ 280 _ In the same year (1550) The arrival of the Turkish fleet to Ormuz, the siege they imposed on the castle and the events that occurred during that, all these events were mentioned in the book: "Da Asia Nova", by the Portuguese historian Diogo do Couto:(33) How the Turkish fleet arrived in Ormuz; the siege that they imposed on the fortress; and what happened during it. After leaving Muscat, the Pasha Piri Reis arrived a few days later in Ormuz where his fleet emerged on a day of thick fog. He then went in search of the other shore of Jarun, where he immediately disembarked all his men. Even though he was indisposed with the four-day fever, the captain Dom Alvaro de Noronha, set out from the fortress with six hundred men, leaving the rest on guard. (33) Document no. and reference.

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