Original Name:
Chinese Name:
剌撒
Notes:
A maritime polity recorded in connection with the eunuch-led voyages to the Indian Ocean at the beginning of the 15th century. Duyvendak (1953) identifies it with Muscat. Mills (1970; 347-48) suggests some place on the southern coast of the Arabian peninsula, probably near Mukalla.
For information on further Chinese sources relating to this polity, see Chen, Xie and Lu (1986; 573).