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Ta Ming-hui-tien (collected Statutes of the great Ming)
no author known
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also called Ta Ming-Hoei-Tien
Taken from: Youssouf Kamal IVfasc4
J.K. Fairbank; Tributary trade and China�s Relations with the west in Far Eastern Quarterly.
The book got actually written in 1511
(Ch98 fol 11v)
The country of Ma-lin. In the 13th year of Young-lo (1415) this country sent ambassadors to come to the audience. As tribute they offer a K'i-lin (giraffe) and other objects.
Has in a long list of Ming tribute countries;
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Melinde; Tribute embassy 1414
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Lasa; Young-lo period
Barawa; Young-lo period
Mogadishu; Young-lo period
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Note; the three last countries are in the list mentioned one after the other. And the same list also appears in the Wan-li hui-tien 1587
