To The Indies The Merchants Used Formerly To Carry The Dinars, Called
Sindiat, Or Gold Coins Of The Sind, Which Passed There For Three Of Our
Dinars, Or Even More.
Thither also were carried emeralds from Egypt, which
were much used for setting in rings.
[1] From the description of this place afterwards, in the travels of Ebn
Wahab, in this article, it appears to have been Nankin. - E.
[2] The chronology of the Chinese history is attended with extreme
difficulty. According to Du Halde: In the reign of the emperor Hi
Tseng, the 18th of the Tsong dynasty, the empire fell into great
confusion, in consequence of heavy taxations, and a great famine
occasioned by the inundation of the rivers, and the ravages of
locusts. These things caused many insurrections, and a rebel, named
Hoan Tsia put himself at the head of the malcontents, and drove the
emperor from the imperial city. But he was afterwards defeated, and
the emperor restored. It must be owned that there are about twenty
years difference between the time of the rebellion mentioned in the
text, and the date of the great revolt, as assigned by Du Halde; but
whether the mistake lies in the Arabian manuscript, or in the
difficulties of Chinese chronology, I cannot take upon me to
determine; yet both stories probably relate to the same event.
- Harris.
[3] According to Abulpharagius, one Abu Said revolted against the Khaliff
Al Mohated, in the year of the hegira, 285, A.D. 893, and laid waste
Bassora.
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