The Number Of Brass Cannon Was Prodigious, Those Of Iron Not
Being Deemed Worthy Of Account.
Among the brass ordnance were three
basilisks of prodigious size, one of which was sent by De Cuna as
A
curiosity to Lisbon, which was placed in the castle of St Julian at the
mouth of the Tagus, where it is known by the name of the Gun of Diu.
Among the papers belonging to Badur and his treasurer Abd' el Cader
letters were found from Saf Khan, communicating the progress he had
made in his negociations for bringing the Turks upon the Portuguese, and
copies of others from the sheikhs of Aden and Xael to the same
purpose. Having collected these and other testimonies of the treachery
of the late king, Nuno caused Khojah Zofar, a man of great reputation
among the citizens both Mahometans and Gentiles, to convene a meeting of
the principal people, merchants, and cazis, or teachers of the
Mahometan law, to whom these letters and testimonials were produced, in
justification of the conduct of the Portuguese, and in proof of the
treacherous intentions of the late king. All the Moors and Pagans
acknowledged themselves satisfied by these documents, and accordingly
gave certificates to that effect in the Arabic and Persian languages,
which were signed by Khojah Zofar and all the leading people among the
Mahometans and Hindoos, which were communicated to the kings of the
Deccan, Narsinga, and Ormuz, and to all the sheikhs along the coast of
Arabia as far as Aden.
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