Note 217 — ARAB REFERENCES.1
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Products.In the middle of the ninth century mines of gold and silver are said to be worked in Gujarát.217 Abu Zaid (a.d. 916) represents pearls as in great demand. The Tártáriyah, or according to Al Masúdi the Táhiriyah dínárs of Sindh, fluctuating218 in price from one and a half to three and a fraction of the Baghdád dínárs, were the current coin in the Gujarát ports. Emeralds also were imported from Egypt mounted as seals.219