Ormuz
Americannoun
noun
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This coast lasts as far as Cape Fasalhat, which is xxv leagues from Xeher, between north-east and east, where the kingdom and rule of the King of Ormuz begins.
From A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century by Barbosa, Duarte
These troubles in his fleet caused Albuquerque to abandon his project of building a castle at Ormuz, and he therefore sailed away, in April 1508, to intercept the Muhammadan merchant-ships on their way from India.
From Rulers of India: Albuquerque by Stephens, Henry Morse
He also received ambassadors from the King of Ormuz and from Sh�h Ism�il of Persia.
From Rulers of India: Albuquerque by Stephens, Henry Morse
They trade in all sorts of goods, principally with the kingdom of Cambay and Ormuz, Colan, Dabul Banda, Goa, Ceylon, and the Maldiu Islands.
From A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century by Barbosa, Duarte
Thence they came by way of Mesopotamia to Ormuz on the Persian Gulf, as if they contemplated a sea voyage.
From A Short History of the World by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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