When the great Afonso Dalboquerque had taken his leave of the Çamorim, he proceeded direct to Cananor, with the intention of not sailing away from India that year—not, indeed, in order to gain rest from his past troubles, but to arrange and remedy certain irregularities which the Royal officers had been guilty of in regard to the king's property during the time when he was away from India. And having in due course of time reached Cananor, in a few days a dispatch came to his hands from Fernão Martinz Evangelho, who was at Diu, wherein he had stated that a shallop in the port had arrived from the straits [of the Red Sea], with a messenger from the Cadi of Cairo on board, bringing apparel for the King of Cambay and for the Hidalcão, and for all his governors, with blessings and excuses in great number, encouraging them, with many words, to make war upon the Christians.

This Cadi of Cairo is one of the principal persons there, like the chief priest of Méca; for the grand Sultan of Cairo confirms the election when a new cadi is chosen, and the cadi in turn receives the confirmation direct from the Grand Sultan himself.