P5026

In the 10th month (Oct./Nov.) of 667, Persia offered regional objects.

In the 5th month (June/July ) of 671, envoys from Persia offered regional objects.

In the 5th month (June/July) of 682, envoys from Persia offered regional objects.

In the 7th month (Aug./Sep.) of 706, envoys from Persia offered gifts.

In the 3rd month (Mar./Apr.} of 708, envoys from Persia were received at the court.

P5027

In the 1st (Jan./Feb.), 2nd (Feb./Mar.), and 7th month (July./Aug.) of 719, envoys from Persia offered regional objects.

In the 10th month (Nov.Dec.) of 722, envoys from Persia presented a lion.

P5028

In the 7th month (July/Aug.) of 724, the ambassador Chiu-mo-lo (Kumara), envoy from the king of Srivijaya (3) (Shih-li-fo-shih) offered two two chu-ju (pygmies), one Zanggi girl (correctly seng- ffi), various musicians, and a five-coloured parrot. The envoy was given a nominal Chinese title and 100 bolts of silk. The king was appointed General-in-chief of the Awesome Guards of the Left and presented with a purple robe and a belt of fine gold.

On Jan.23, 730, the New Year’s Day, a son of a Persian king congratulated for New Year’s day at the T’ang court and presented five kinds of aromatics.

In the 9th month (Sep./Oct.) of 732, a chief and a Priest of Great Virtue, sent by the king of Persia, offered gifts.

P5029

In the 1st month (Feb./Mar.) of 739, a royal son of Persia was received at the T‘ang court.

P5030

In the 3rd month (Apr./May) of 745, envoys from Persia offered regional objects.

In the 7th month (July/Aug.) of 746, Persia presented through an intermediary one rhinoceros and one elephant.

In the 4th month (May/June) of 747, envoys from Persia presented a carnelian couch. In the 5th month (June/July), envoys from the king of Persia presented four leopards.

In the 4th month (May/June) of 750, envoys presented dance mats and real pearls without holes.

In the 9th month (Sep./Oct.) of 751, envoys from Persia offered gifts.

P5031

In the 8th month (Aug./Sep.) of 759, Persia presented regional objects.

In the 5th (May/June) and 9th month Sep./Oct.) of 762, Persia offered gifts.

In the 9th month (Oct./Nov.) of 771, envoys from Persia presented real pearls and amber.

STARING FROM HERE ARABS ARE MENTIONED.

In the 12th month (Dec./Jan., 773) of the Chinese year 772, Arab envoys offered gifts.

P5032

In the 7th month (Aug./Sep.) of 774, envoys from the black-robed Arabs were received at the T’ang court.

In the 1st month (Feb./ Mar.) of 791, envoys from the black-robed Arabs offered gifts.

P5033

On Oct.4, 815, envoys from the K’o-ling State (4) presented five Zanggi youths, a five-coloured parrot, cockatoos, a p’in-chia bird, 140 rare aromatics, and valuables of various kinds. The emperor appointed the chief envoy to the Courageous Garrison of the Left at the Four Gates. He yielded this title to his younger brother, whereupon the emperor appointed both to nominal Chinese offices.

In 818, envoys from the K'o-ling State (4) presented two Zanggi girls, cockatoos, tortoise shells, and a live rhinoceros.

See note on Zangi Slaves

(1) Nahavand is a city in Hamadan Province, Iran. The Battle of Nahavand, also spelled Nihavand or Nahawand, was fought in 642 between the Rashidun Muslim forces under caliph Umar and Sasanian Persian armies under King Yazdegerd III. Yazdegerd escaped to the Merv area, but was unable to raise another substantial army. It was a victory for the Rashidun Caliphate and the Persians consequently lost the surrounding cities including Spahan (Isfahan).

(2) Merv, also known as the Merve Oasis, formerly known as Alexandria, Antiochia in Margiana and Marw al-Shahijan, was a major Iranian city in Central Asia, on the historical Silk Road, near today's Mary, Turkmenistan.

(3) Sri Vijaya: Srivijaya; was a Buddhist thalassocratic empire based on the island of Sumatra.

(4) K’o-ling State; also spelt Holing; medieval kingdom in central Java.