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Yong-le: Year 7, Month 2, Day 2
16 Feb 1409
16 Feb 1409
The envoy A-bu-la Jia-xin and others who had been sent by Bai-li-mi-su-la, the king of the country of Melaka, came to Court and offered tribute of local products. Paper money and patterned fine silks were conferred upon them. Further, the Ministry of Rites was ordered to confer variegated silks upon the king.
Tai-zong: juan 88.2a
Zhong-yang Yan-jiu yuan Ming Shi-lu, volume 11, page 1163
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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-7-month-2-day-2, accessed January 22, 2019