sentences:  A few days after this, Sultan Ahmad offered Seydi Ali Reis the command of the Province of Burudj, with a very large income, but he kindly refused the generous offer.Amongst the learned people of the land of the Banians, there was a tribe which they called the "Bhats", whose business was to escort merchants or travelers from one land into another, and for a very small remuneration they guaranteed their perfect safety.The Muslims of Ahmedabad gave Seydi Ali Reis two such Bhats as an escort, and so, about the middle of Safar of the said year, Seydi Ali Reis started his overland journey to the Ottoman Empire.