 "As for duties [at Kozhikode], at one-fortieth, and that too, only on sales, they are even lower that at Hormuz [in the Persian Gulf]", says Abdur Razzaq.While in Kozhikode, Razzaq was invited by the Vijayanagara ruler Deva Raya II to his court.The envoy arrived from the Vijayanagara king had "asked" the Samoothiri to send the Herat envoy on to his court.