chapter 48

) is the city of Ozênê; which was formerly the capital, whence onyxes, porcelain, muslins, and cottons are brought to Barygaza. From the country beyond Proklais came costus, bdellium, and spikenard of three kinds, the Kattybourine, the Patropapigic, and the Kabalitic (this last from Kábul).

We learn incidentally that besides the regular Egyptian trade Barygaza had commercial relations with Mouza in Arabia ( chapter 21 ) with the East African coast ( chapter 14 ) and with Apologos (Obollah) at the head of the Persian Gulf and with Omana on its eastern shore (