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0416 The Book of Ser Marco Polo : vol.1
The Book of Ser Marco Polo : vol.1 / Page 416 (Color Image)

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MARCO POLO   Boox I.

The date and dry-fish diet of the Gulf people is noticed by most travellers, and P. della Valle repeats the opinion about its being the only wholesome one. Ibn Batuta

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says the people of Hormuz had a saying, " Khornzá wa máhí hit-i-Pádshahi," i.e.

" Dates and fish make an Emperor's dish !"   A fish, exactly like the tunny of the

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