Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Vol. I, Part I: History of Gujarat c19.s5.5
Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Vol. I, Part I: History of Gujarát c19.s5.5
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Ibni Khurdádbah⁷ (A.D. 912) mentions teakwood and the bamboo as products of Sindán that is the Konkan Sanjan.⁸ Al Masúdi (A.D. 943) notes that at the great fair of Multán the people of Sindh and Hind offered Kumar that is Cambodian aloe-wood of the purest quality worth twenty dínars a man.⁹ Among other articles of trade he mentions an inferior emerald exported from Cambay and Saimúr to Makkah,¹⁰ the jauce shafts of Broach,¹¹ the shoes of Cambay,¹² and the white and handsome maidens of Táfan¹³ who were in great demand in Arab countries. Ibni Hankal (A.D. 968-976) states that the country comprising Fámhal, Sindán, Saimúr, and Kambáyah produced mangoes coconauts lemons and rice in abundance. That honey could be had in great quantities, but no date palms were to be found.¹⁴