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 | | The Tang Annals record that as early as the seventh century A.D. and again in the ninth century Jambi sent ambassadors to the court of Chinese emperor (Wang Gungwu 1958;74). |
 | | As well as functioning as an entreport, Jambi also produced its own exports including a variety of tree resins for use as incense, as well as cloves, tortoise-shell, gardenia flowers and cardamom. |
 | | According to the legend, in the fifteenth century a Turkish prince, shipwrecked on the coast, met and married Putri Selaras Pinang Masak (lit.Princess Ripe Betel-nut), the ruler of the coastal kingdom of Tanjung Jabung, around the lower riches of the Batanghari River. |
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