[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Vol. I, Part I: History of Gujarat](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.campbell-1896-gujarat) › c19.s5.1 # Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Vol. I, Part I: History of Gujarat c19.s5.1 Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Vol. I, Part I: History of Gujarát c19.s5.1 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.campbell-1896-gujarat.c19.s5.1) In the middle of the ninth century mines of gold and silver are said to be worked in Gujarát.⁴ Abu Zaid (A.D. 916) represents pearls as in great demand. The Tártáriyah, or according to Al Masúdi the Táhiriyah dinars of Sindh, fluctuating⁵ in price from one and a half to three and a fraction of the Baghdád dínars, were the current coin in the Gujarát ports. Emeralds also were imported from Egypt mounted as seals.⁶ - [Previous: c19.s4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.campbell-1896-gujarat.c19.s4.4) - [Next: c19.s5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.campbell-1896-gujarat.c19.s5.2) - [Up: c19.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.campbell-1896-gujarat.c19.s5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.campbell-1896-gujarat.c19.s5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.campbell-1896-gujarat.c19.s5.1) · Pramāṇa