Note 220 — ARAB REFERENCES.1

Ibni Khurdádbah220 (a.d. 912) mentions teakwood and the bamboo as products of Sindán that is the Konkan Sanjan.221 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 dínárs a man.222 Among other articles of trade he mentions an inferior emerald exported from Cambay and Saimúr to Makkah,223 the lance shafts of Broach,224 the shoes of Cambay,225 and the white and handsome maidens of Táfán226 who were in great demand in Arab countries. Ibni Haukal (a.d. 968–976) states that the country comprising Fámhal, Sindán, Saimúr, and Kambáyah produced mangoes cocoanuts lemons and rice in abundance. That honey could be had in great quantities, but no date palms were to be found.227