تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 13.98.1

13.98.1

The wonderful bahramān ruby is found only in this town. Some of it comes out of the inlet, and this is prized by them, and some is dug for. In the island of Saylān rubies are found in all parts of it. The land is privately owned, so a man buys a plot of it and digs for rubies, and finds whitish, branching stones; it is inside these that the rubies form. He gives them to the polishers, who rub them down until they split open to reveal stones