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Page 185 of the Economic History of Medieval India, 1200-1500 states "large number of Bengali merchants at Malacca"
Page 14 of the Culture and Customs of Kenya states "Malindi ambassadors at the court of the king of Bengal"
Other sources include Chinese accounts (Ma Huan) and European accounts (Tom Pires, Duarte Barbosa and Ludovico di Varthema). The sultanate's maritime links with China, the Middle East and Portuguese India are well documented. With the Maldives, Bengal exported rice and imported cowry shells.