A Great Feast And Triumph Was Also
Made, In Consequence Of Intelligence That The Shah Had Conquered A
Great Country In Arabia, With Its Capital Aweiza.[303] Next Day, The
Khan Sent His Vizier And Two Other Principal Officers To Give An Answer
To Our Proposed Articles.
The first was granted.
For the second, it
was substituted that the castle of Ormuz was to be occupied by both
nations till the King's pleasure was known. The third was granted,
provided also, that the goods from India belonging to the king and the
Khan were to pass free of duty. In regard to the fourth, reservation
was made as to the two principal Portuguese captains, Ruy Frere, captain
of Kismis Castle, and Simon de Mela, governor of Ormus, till the king's
pleasure were known. Other articles were agreed upon; such as that no
change was to be made in regard to religion, and the expence of military
stores was to be divided. The Khan and Mr Bell signed these articles;
and presently our goods were laden upon the Khan's own camels at free
cost, which could not be procured before for any money.
[Footnote 303: This assuredly alludes to Ahwas in Khosistan, to the N.W.
of the lower Euphrates, opposite to Bussrah, which, though not in
Arabia, is in its immediate neighbourhood, and principally inhabited by
people of Arabian origin. - E.]
The 10th of January we returned to Costack, and going on board,
acquainted our commanders with the success of our mission.
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