[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886) › c10.9010 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.9010 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.9010 - **Language:** English ### [c10.9010](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9010) In the year 1409, the imperial envoy Cheng Ho brought an order from the emperor and gave to the chief two silver seals, . . . he erected a stone and raised the place to a city, after which the land was called the Kingdom of Malacca (Moa-la-ka). . . . Tin is found in the mountains . . . it is cast into small blocks weighing 1 catti 8 taels . . . ten pieces are bound together with rattan and form a small bundle, whilst 40 pieces make a large bundle. In all their trading . . . they use these pieces of tin instead of money.”—Chinese Annals, in Groenveldt, p. 123. - [Previous: c10.9009](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9009) - [Next: c10.9011](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9011) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9010](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9010) · Pramāṇa