Wang Dayuan
Chinese historical records indicate that ancient Lamuri was used as a staging post for traders waiting out the winter monsoon for favourable winds to take them westwards to Sri Lanka, India and the Arab world. Zhao Rugua in "Zhu Fan Zhi" said that the products of "Lan-wu-li" (Lamuri) were sappanwood, elephant tusks, and white rattan, and that its people were "warlike and often use poison arrows". In the 14th century, Wang Dayuan noted in "Daoyi Zhilüe" there were "mountain-like waves" crashing against it, and that the natives lived on the hills and were given to piracy. He also noted that it produced the best-quality lakawood, and later records showed that its king presented the product to the Chinese emperor as tribute during the Ming dynasty.