_ 334 _ galleys, wherever he found them, and to take them to the port of Mecca. Zafar soon arrived in Suez, which he left with two galleys and two galliots, and he sailed out of the Red Sea in August 1554. When he was informed while in the bay of [Maceira] which is on the Arabian coast, of the loss of Ali Chebuli's galley, he remained there until he received news that our fleet had left for India, and he followed it as far as the coast of Diu. While he was staying there, four unarmed merchant ships bound for Ormuz fell into his hands, in which he found rich booty. Whereupon, he returned to Suez and informed the Turk about the loss of his galleys. The latter bitterly resented this, both because of the great expense that he had incurred and because of his loss of reputation and the fact that the Strait was now without a fleet to guard it. To that end, he gave orders for several galleys which still remained in Suez from the fleet of Suleiman Pasha, to be refitted. In 1537, these went to lay siege to the fortress of Diu, whose captain was Antonio de Silveira. The viceroy also deeply regretted the loss of the four carracks and immediately resolved to send a fleet in search of Zafar's
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