I purchased at this price a very beautiful slave girl whose name was Ashura. A friend of mine also bought a young slave named Lulu for two gold coins.

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Ibn Battutah while in Bengal saying that a pretty kaniz (slave girl) could be had there for one gold dinar (or 10 silver tankahs). Quoted in K. S. Lal, Theory and Practice of Muslim State in India (New Delhi: Aditya Prakashan, 1999), Chapter 4. Also translated as: "At this rate I purchased a slave girl named 'Ashiirii who was extremely beautiful. And one of my companions bought a good-looking boy of tender age named Lulu for a couple of gold dinars."

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I purchased at this price a very beautiful slave girl whose name was Ashura. A friend of mine also bought a young slave named Lulu for two gold coins.

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