_ 288 _ (34) Document no. and reference. In the same year (1550) The Turks removing of the siege, the correspondence that took place between Piri Reis and the commander, and how the enemy resorted to looting the island of Qishn. These events were mentioned in the book: "The Biography of Dom João III", by Francisco de Andrade:(34) How the Turks lifted the siege; and the messages that passed between Piri Reis and the captain; and how the enemy sacked the island of Qishm. The day after this happened, Piri Reis ordered the artillery to be embarked, and that night when he was to withdraw, a João Baliero a bombardier from Muscat, who was also a captive, came to talk to the men in the fortress, and he said that “they should inform the captain that he could easily ransom all the people from Muscat, who
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