تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 17.1.1

17.1.1

Sent on an Embassy to China — Embassy from China to the Emperor — Gold Mines on the mountain of Kora — Sets out on the Embassy — Arrives at Biana — Kul — War with the Hindoos — Taken prisoner — Brought back to Dehli — Returns to Yuh Bura — Menua — Gualior — Barun — Account of the Jogies — Witch burnt — Juggling of the Jogies — Arrives at Kajmara — Chanden — Description of Gualior — Davdatabad — Nazar Abad — Mahrattas — Sugar — Kambaya — Goa — Bairam — Kuka — Dankul — Sindabur — Hinaur — King of Hinaur not subject to the Emperor of Dehli — Malabar, customs — Kings of Malabar — Laws of Succession — Account of the growth of Pepper. After this, the Emperor sending for me, I went to him in my tunic, and he received me more graciously than ever. He said, It is my wish to send you as ambassador to the Emperor of China, for I know you love travelling in various countries. I consented; and he sent dresses of honour, horses, money, &c., with every thing necessary for the journey. The Emperor of China had, at this time, sent presents to the Sultan, consisting of a hundred Mamluks, fifty slave girls, five hundred dresses of El Kamanjah, five hundred maunds of musk, five dresses wrought with jewels, five quivers wrought with gold, and five swords set with jewels.