Diplomacy and Trade in the Chinese World, 589-1276

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with the T’ang. Some warned against the Tibetans and Arabs. One
announced his enthronement. But their obvious purpose in sending
missions was, as usual, trade.
The specified goods brought by the missions from West Turkestan
fall into the following categories:

Humans

718: one pygmy and barbarian (hu) twirling girls from Samarkand.
719: one astronomer/astrologer from Tokharia.
724: one pygmy from Samarkand.
727: barbarian (hu) twirling girls from Tashkent, Samarkand, and
Kish.
729: 3 barbarian (hu) twirling girls from M§imargh.
733: female musicians from Khuttal.
750: 43 humans from Khuttal.

Animals and Animal Products

Felines

635: one lion from Samarkand.
657: one lion from Tokharia.
718: one leopard from Samarkand.
726: one leopard from Samarkand, one male, one female leopard,
and one additional leopard from Bukhara.
727: one leopard from Kish, one lion from M§imargh.
751: one leopard from Ferghana.

Horses

624: fine horses from Samarkand.
626: fine horses from Samarkand.
628: fine horses from Samarkand.
681: horses from Tokharia.
720: horses from Tokharia.
724: 2 horses from Samarkand, horses from Shih-ni.
725: horses from Shih-ni.
726: horses from Bukhara.
729: 2 horses from Khuttal.