The 11th-century Persian chemist and physician Abū Rayhān Bīrūnī, who visited Gujarat as part of the court of Mahmud of Ghazni, reported that they
ðɪ ɪlˈɛvənθsˈɛntʃɚɹi pˈɜːʒən kˈɛmɪst ænd fɪzˈɪʃən ɐbˈuː ɹˈeɪhən baɪɹˈuːni, hˌuː vˈɪzɪɾᵻd ɡˌʊdʒɐɹˈæt æz pˈɑːɹt ʌvðə kˈoːɹt ʌv mˈɑːmʌd ʌv ɡˈɑːzni, ɹᵻpˈoːɹɾᵻd ðˈæt ðeɪ