The Soudan makes an offering of a thousand besantsto his gods.
Ten thousand golden besants were to be paid for the freedom of the army; the city of Damietta was to be restored to the Saracens, and a peace of ten years was concluded.
However, as he embraced De Coucy at parting, according to the custom of the day, he whispered in his ear: "The besants we brought from the Holy Land are in my chamber.
Nay," saith the king, "go thou shalt not until thou hast received the residue of that they have promised us, for out of my own treasury shall be taken those thirteen thousandbesants of pure gold.
Whereupon he commanded his treasurer that he give thebesants to Hugh, and thereafter claim them again from those who had made promise to give.
Then the amirals there gathered began to give to him, so that he had his full ransom, and thirteen thousand besants over and above, so much they gave and promised him.
She gave then to the king an hundred and twenty besants of gold, many aromatics, and gems precious.
I tell to thee, my son, that when thou wert a little child I lent to Gabael ten besants of silver, dwelling in Rages the city of Medes, upon an obligation, which I have by me.
Hiram had sent to King Solomon an hundred and twenty besants of gold, which he had spent on the temple and his house, and on the wall of Jerusalem and other towns and places that he had made.
When he came on a time in Rages, city of the Jews, he had such gifts as he had been honored with of the king, ten besants of silver.
And a way came at last: the sultan agreed to release him on condition of his giving up Damietta and paying a ransom of a million besants of gold.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "besants" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
