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Yong-le: Year 15, Month 8, Day 8

18 Sep 1417

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Ba-du-ge Ba-da-la was enfeoffed as the Eastern king of the country of Sulu; Ma-ha-la-zha Ge-la-ma-ding was enfeoffed as the Western king of the country of Sulu; and Ba-du-ge Pa-la-bu was enfeoffed as the ruler of the Sulu dong. Title patents, suits of clothing, a set of formal clothing, seals, horses with saddles and ceremonial insignia were conferred upon them. Headwear, belts and clothing made from patterned fine silks interwoven with gold thread, as appropriate, were conferred upon the accompanying chieftains, who totalled over 340 persons.

Tai-zong: juan 192.2a

Zhong-yang Yan-jiu yuan Ming Shi-lu, volume 13, page 2023

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Geoff Wade, translator, Southeast Asia in the Ming Shi-lu: an open access resource, Singapore: Asia Research Institute and the Singapore E-Press, National University of Singapore, http://epress.nus.edu.sg/msl/reign/yong-le/year-15-month-8-day-8, accessed January 22, 2019