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men, King Pere could only muster a scant force — thirty- eight knights and
seventy foot soldiers — at Coll de Panissars to prepare for war.^64 He was
capable of little more than hurling invectives through his court jongleur at
the French.^65 And it is precisely at this point that he ordered Conrad and
Samuel to depart for Granada to seek new allies. In responding to this cri-
sis, Pere’s decision to reach out to the jenets, his former enemies, reflected
desperate necessity, but he also traveled upon well- worn tracks, following
a model of authority that led back to the Holy Roman emperors.
All the Names
From this point, we would be lost if it were not for a list of names recorded
alongside Lancia’s letter of introduction, a list that recorded with whom
he was to meet:^66
Also, we made for him [Conrad Lancia] a letter of introduction to the below
named:Abzultan Hademi, the chief minister (alguazir, from Ar. wazīr) of the king
of Granada,
Muça Abenrohh,
Guillelmus Nehot, consul of Almería,
Raiz Abuabdille Abenhudeyr, the lord of Crevillente,
to Iça Abenadriz, captive of the king,
Raimundus de Santo Literio,
Petrus Morelle, that he should transfer to Raimundus de Santo Literio
custody of the aforementioned Iça,Also, we gave Conrad a letter of passage, addressed to Castilian officials.
Later, we gave him letters of introduction and also procurement regarding the
jenets named below:Çahit Azanach,
Çahim Abebaguen,
Tunart.