Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c14.s4.t28.4

v2.c14.s4.t28.4

er and the war was stopped.” According to this account, Ibrahim Sharqi was persuaded to desist from attacking Bengal in return for gifts bestowed upon him by the Emperor of China. Another notice in *Ming Shi* contains this further elaboration of the mediatory role played by the envoy of the Emperor of China between Jaunpur and Bengal: “Hou Xian was then sent with the orders of the emperor to tell him [Ibrahim Sharqi] that by doing good to his neighbour, he could do good to his own.” The *Ming Shi* mentions that Jaunpur did not send any presents to the Chinese emperor in return, because it was very far from China.