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 -  Ahmed Shibab Eddin, who died in Cairo in 1338 at the age of 93,
and left an important geographical work - Page 1238
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Ahmed Shibab Eddin, Who Died In Cairo In 1338 At The Age Of 93, And Left An Important Geographical Work In Thirty Volumes, Containing Interesting Information On China Gathered From The Lips Of Eye-Witnesses, Makes The Following Comment On Paper-Money, In The Translation Of Ch. Schefer:[4]

"'On emploie dans le Khita, en guise de monnaie, des morceaux d'un papier de forme allongee fabrique avec des filaments de muriers sur lesquels est imprime le nom de l'empereur.

Lorsqu'un de ces papiers est use, on le porte aux officiers du prince et, moyennant une perte minime, on recoit un autre billet en echange, ainsi que cela a lieu dans nos hotels des monnaies, pour les matieres d'or et d'argent que l'on y porte pour etre converties en pieces monnayees.'

"And in another passage: 'La monnaie des Chinois est faite de billets fabriques avec l'ecorce du murier. Il y en a de grands et de petits.... Ou les fabrique avec des filaments tendres du murier et, apres y avoir oppose un sceau au nom de l'empereur, on les met en circulation.'[5]

"The banknotes of the Ming Dynasty were likewise made of mulberry pulp, in rectangular sheets one foot long and six inches wide, the material being of a greenish colour, as stated in the Annals of the Dynasty.[6] It is clear that the Ming Emperors, like many other institutions, adopted this practice from their predecessors, the Mongols. Klaproth[7] is wrong in saying that the assignats of the Sung, Kin, and Mongols were all made from the bark of the tree cu (Broussonetia), and those of the Ming from all sorts of plants.

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