To the lords [signori] of Chios! I have received a commandment from the Gran Signor in Cairo, the commandment is as follows: With the grace and favor of God I have acquired sovereignty of Arabia; then in Aleppo, I have engaged in a great battle with the moors, and I have won, and I have beheaded their sultan, named Tomon bei, and we have fought with him five or six times, and then we have fought with the mamluchs for three days and three nights, and their sultan Tomonbei fled to Sayto. And then I announced around Cairo that “should anyone know where this sultan, or the mamluchs indeed, escaped and did not bring them to me, I would burn down their houses, their sons and their farms”. The sultan was not found, and 2,040 mamluchs were brought in with their hands tied; these did not know where the sultan or others were; I beheaded all 2,040 of them. Then I sent the governor of Aleppo, Canberdi Gazali who was always with me; those I have sent to Upper Egypt have taken the sultan with some his close men. I beheaded some of the men; I had the sultan tortured so that he revealed the location of his treasury and he did. Then I had him paraded around Cairo, then I had him hung from his neck on a gate in Cairo. Then, all the land, all the Arabs, 12-13 thousand men, came and offered fidelity. I have restored all places acquired, presented them with robes, since we have in our power Aden and all provinces of Mecca and Bagilari and the provinces acquired in Calcutta. I have sent word to all the lords about these things so that they are informed, and also to my son, who will send messengers to all lands of the Ottomans [Otomangli] and the Europeans [Franchi] to inform them. And for this reason, I Sultan Soliman write this and send my man Mehmed, so that you who are our friends, will make joy and festivity, and send back my man soon and pay him respect.