تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 13.49.5

13.49.5

— its name is pronounced with a after the m, a quiescent r, and h. It is a large city, most of whose inhabitants are infidels under protection (dhimma). It is fortified and has excellent wheat, unequalled anywhere else, which is carried from there to Dihlī; its grains are long, deep yellow and large, and I have seen no wheat like it except in the land of China! This city is attributed to the Mālawa — with a after the l — a tribe of the Hindus who are large of body, of great stature and handsome of face. Their women have surpassing beauty and are famed for being delightful in intimacy and for their abundant share of pleasure; so too are the women of the Marhata and the women of the island of Dhībat al-Mahal!