Consider the following statements about the famous traveler Ibn Battuta: 1. He was a traveler from Morocco. 2. While traveling across the subcontinent in the fourteenth century, he wrote an account of his experiences in the book “Kitab-ul-Hind.” 3. He was sent to China as an envoy of the Sultan of Delhi. Which of the above statements is/are correct?
Statements 1 and 3 about Ibn Battuta are correct. He was a traveler from Morocco (1) who was appointed as an envoy to China (3) by Sultan Muhammad bin Tughlaq. Statement 2 is incorrect; Kitab-ul-Hind was written by Al-Biruni. ANSWER: (C) Only 1 and 3
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The correct statements are 1 and 3. Ibn Battuta was indeed a Moroccan traveler (1) who journeyed extensively across the globe in the 14th century. Furthermore, he was sent as an envoy to China (3) by the Sultan of Delhi, Muhammad bin Tughlaq, who had employed him as a Qazi (judge). Statement 2 is incorrect because the book recording his experiences, Rihla (The Journey), is often mistaken for Al-Biruni’s famous work, “Kitab-ul-Hind” (or Tahqiq-i-Hind).