_ 361 _ In the same year (1551) Reis Nur al-Din sent a letter to His Majesty the King of Ormuz, on the 5th of October 1551, informing about the situation of the Turks in Shatt al-Arab, and the war of Shah Tahmasp with an internal rebellion in Persia:(41) Sir, May you always receive fair words and contentment as a result of what my father did. Last year, I wrote to Your Highness of my arrival in this Kingdom of Ormuz and of the situation in which I found it. I shall always do this while I live, for it appears to me that in this I serve Your Highness. I have no desires other than those I employ in the cause of Your Highness’s service. I am sure that Your Highness is aware that in all India you have no fortress, nor city, nor kingdom finer than Ormuz, nor more loyal subjects nor kingdom of greater (41) Document no. and reference.
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