Thursday, July 11, 2013

Ibn Batuta, Arab Traveller to India

The Arab traveller Ibn Batuta's record of his visit to India in 1333 is one of the important sources of account describing the rulers and life in India during that period. 

A native of Morocco, Ibn Battutah was born in Tangier in 1304. He arrived at Multan in 1333 during the rule of second Tughlaq ruler Muhammad bid Tughluq. After serving for eight years as the Qazi (judge) of Delhi, he was dismissed from the post by the Tughlaq Sultan.

Ibn Battutah visited the Sultanate of Madurai in 1344. He was the son-in-law of Jalal-ud-din Ahsan Shah, founder of the short-lived Maudrai Sultanate. 

He returned to Morocco in 1353. He gave his account of the travel memoirs to Ibn Juzay, a young writer commissioned by the Sultan of Morocco to compile the accounts. The resultant work was named Rehla (Travelogue).


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