1580.—In a list of drugs sold at Ormuz we find
Zenzeri da buli (presumably from Dabul.)
Zen"eri mordaci
Zen"eri Mecchini
Zen"eri beledi
Zenzero condito in giaga (preserved in Jaggery?)
—Gasparo Balbi, f. 54.
GINGERLY, s. A coin mentioned as passing in Arabian ports by Milburn (i. 87, 91). Its country and proper name are doubtful. [The following quotations show that Gingerlee or Gergelin was a name for part of the E. coast of India, and Mr. Whiteway (see [GINGELI]) conjectures that it was so called because the oil was produced there.] But this throws no light on the gold coin of Milburn.
1680-81.—"The form of the pass given to ships and vessels, and Register of Passes given (18 in all), bound to Jafnapatam, Manilla, Mocha, Gingerlee, Tenasserim, &c."—Fort St. Geo. Cons. Notes and Exts., App. No. iii. p. 47.
1701.—The Carte Marine depuis Suratte jusqu'au Detroit de Malaca, par le R. Père P. P. Tachard, shows the coast tract between Vesegapatam and Iagrenate as Gergelin.