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Yong-le: Year 18, Month 9, Day 13
19 Oct 1420
19 Oct 1420
The envoy Duan-gu Ma-la-shi-di, who had been sent by Mu-gan Sa-gan-di-er Sha, the king of the country of Melaka; and Ma-ha-mu Sha, who had been sent by his elder brother Zai-nu-li A-bi-ding, the king of the country of Samudera, offered tribute of local products. Paper money, ramie-silk, silk gauzes and clothing made from patterned fine silks interwoven with gold thread were conferred upon them and they were then sent home.
Tai-zong: juan 229.1b
Zhong-yang Yan-jiu yuan Ming Shi-lu, volume 14, page 2226
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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-18-month-9-day-13, accessed January 22, 2019