تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 13.108.6

13.108.6

I set out, and we spent forty-three nights at sea, and then reached the country of Banjāla — spelled with a after the single-dotted b, n without vowel, hard j, alif, and l with a. It is an extensive country, abundant in rice, and I have seen no country in the world with lower prices, but it is gloomy. The people of Khurāsān call it dūzakh-ast pur niʿmat, meaning "a hell full of good things." I saw rice sold in its markets at twenty-five Dihlī raṭls for a silver dinar; the silver dinar is eight dirhams, and their dirham is exactly equal to the dirham nuqra. The Dihlī raṭl is twenty Maghribī raṭls. I heard them say that this was a high price for them.