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تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 13.68

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13.68.2

The sultan of Fākanūr is an infidel named Bāsadaw (with a after the one-dotted b, the undotted s and the undotted d, and a quiescent w). He has about thirty warships, whose commander is a Muslim named Lūlā; he was a villain who committed piracy at sea and robbed merchants. When we anchored at Fākanūr, its sultan sent his son to us, who stayed on the ship as a sort of hostage, and we went ashore to him. He entertained us for three days with the finest hospitality, out of respect for the Sultan of Hind, in fulfilment of what was due to him, and in hope of the profit he might gain from trade with the people of our ships.

13.68.3

It is their custom there that every ship passing a town must anchor there and give the ruler of the town a present, which they call the ḥaqq al-bandar (harbour due). Whoever does not do so, they go out after him in their ships, bring him into the harbour by force, double the impost on him, and prevent him from sailing for as long as they please.

13.68.4

We sailed from there and after three days reached the city of Manjarūr — its name is spelled with a over the m, n without vowel, a over the j, u on the r, then w and a second r — a large city on an estuary called the estuary of al-Dunb — with u on the undotted d, n without vowel, and the single-dotted b — which is the largest estuary (100) in the land of al-Malībār. Most of the merchants of Fārs and Yemen stay in this city, and pepper and ginger are very plentiful there.

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