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Yong-le: Year 12, Month 8, Day 14
28 Aug 1414
28 Aug 1414
The envoy Su-ma-mu-men-di-li, who had been sent by Ba-la-mi-suo-la Da-luo Xi-ni, the king of the country of Pahang, and Ji-ji-ding (Alt: Si-ji-ding), a person from the country of Hormuz, offered tribute of horses and local products. Suits of clothing made from patterned fine silks were conferred upon them. The Ministry of Rites was ordered to confer upon the king of the country of Pahang brocaded fine silks, silk gauzes and variegated thin silks and to reward Ji-ji-ding (Alt: As above) and the others at the value of the horses (酬馬值).
Tai-zong: juan 154.1b
Zhong-yang Yan-jiu yuan Ming Shi-lu, volume 13, page 1776
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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-12-month-8-day-14, accessed January 22, 2019