Portuguese spies also noted that the Acehs had sent ambassadors to the Ottoman court in Constantinople, and asked for gun experts to exchange for pearls, diamonds and rubies. According to a Portuguese observer, Aceh’s Sultan Ri’ayat Shal al-Kahhar “never turned himself in bed without thinking of how to complete the eradication of Malacca.” Jack skellington and sally I see your scars poster. The Portuguese knew that if the Aceh-Ottoman-Venice trade axis could not be broken, their spice empire would be destroyed. They prepared big plans to wipe out the Red Sea and invade Aceh; Particularly for task number two, they will need cooperation from the Manila fleet of annoying Spaniards.
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