departed from the country of Hind to the passage ( ma'bar) of corruption. 69.ġ303.-"In the beginning of this year (703 H.), the Maliki-'Azam, Takiú-d-dín. The productions of this country are carried to 'Irák, Khorásán, Syria, Russia and Europe."- Rashīduddīn, in Elliot, i. 1300.-"The merchants export from Ma'bar silken stuffs, aromatic roots large pearls are brought from the sea. 1292.-"When you leave the Island of Seilan and sail westward about 60 miles,you come to the great province of Maabar, which is styled India the Greater: it is the best of all the Indies, and is on the mainland."- Marco Polo, Bk. Pauthier's notes on Marco Polo very curious notices are extracted from Chinese official annals regarding the communications, in the time of Kublai Kaan, between that Emperor and Indian States, including Ma-pa-'rh.-(See pp. ![]() and that they sold in Mabar for two dinars apiece."- Abd-Allatīf, Relation de l'Egypte, p. that these mats were woven of the Indian plantain. ![]() ![]() 1203.-"I saw in the hands of an Indian trader very beautiful mats, finely woven and painted on both sides with most pleasing colours.
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