The Rashīdī History 4.5.4
The Tarikh-i-Rashidi (Elias, Ross) 4.5.4
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4.5.4
"In 1457 a Chinese envoy was sent to I-li-ba-li with presents for the King, and in 1456 again. It was then settled that I-li-ba-li was to send tribute every three or five years, and the number of the people in the suite of the envoy should not surpass ten men. Subsequently embassies from that country were seldom seen at the Chinese court."