The Banyan people are mentioned in the
Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, in the context of
Indo-Roman trade relations, in Egypt and Sokotra, Dahlak Island and Suakim, Massawa, Muscat, Zanzibar, the Gulf of Aden, Aydhab, Hadramut, Syria, Persia and Europe. In
Evliya Çelebi's Seyahatname, it is mentioned that the language of the Rumelian Roma people from Gümülcine (
Komotini) has Banyan roots. == References ==