_ 389 _ Document No. (17): Henrique de Macedo sent a letter to the learned Father Gaspar Barzio, Tabriz, on the 23rd of August 1550, mentioning the conversion of his Muslim wife to Christianity, and the intervention of Shah Tahmasp and the detention of Henrique and those with him as hostages until the arrival of Zaidi’s wife. (page no. 139) Document No. (18): A copy of the letter from Father Gaspar Barzio, which he wrote on the 24th of October 1550, received in response to the letter of Henrique de Macedo, who left to work as an ambassador in the court of Shah Tahmasp, mentioning the attitude of Shah Tahmasp, and that the complaint of Zaidi is invalid. (page no. 144) Document No. (19): The counselor Thomas Sirao sent a letter to D. Joao III, King of Spain, explaining the claim of Zaid, the Persian Muslim, from Ormuz, on the 24th of November 1550. (page no. 154) Document No. (20): Thomas Sirao, the Judge of Ormuz, sent a letter to His Majesty King Dom Joao III, regarding the news of that region, and the news of the marriage of the Muslim woman who was converted to Christianity, Ormuz, on the 24th of November 1550, and he explained the conversion of the Muslim woman to Christianity, and her marriage to a Portuguese Christian, while she was still married to a Muslim man. (page no. 158)
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