تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 13.22.1

13.22.1

When I arrived at the house prepared for my lodging, I found in it everything needed: furnishings, carpets, mats, vessels and a bed for sleeping. Their beds in Hind are light to carry; a single man can carry one, and everyone must take his bed along on a journey, his servant carrying it on his head. It consists of four turned legs across which four poles are laid, and on them braids of silk or cotton are woven. When a person sleeps on it he needs nothing to keep it cool, for it gives coolness of itself.