Shi-la-bei

Original Name: 
Salibar
Chinese Name: 
失剌北
Notes: 

A maritime polity referred to in connection with the eunuch-led maritime voyages of the early 15th century. Not firmly identified. Mills suggests Selebar on the west coast of Sumatra. For information on further Chinese sources relating to this polity, see Chen, Xie and Lu (1986; 285).

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