<!-- Pramāṇa, a library of Indian primary sources · https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta.13.91.3 -->

[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Islamic world](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl) › [Arabic](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar) › [Travel and sea narratives](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla) › [تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta) › 13.91.3

# تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 13.91.3

تحفة النظار في غرائب الأمصار وعجائب الأسفار 13.91.3

- **Language:** Arabic

### [13.91.3](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta.13.91.3)

ورأيت على بعض طعامهم يومئذ حوتا من السردين مملوحا غير مطبوخ، أهدي لهم من كولم، وهو ببلاد المليبار كثير، فأخذ الوزير بسردينة وجعل يأكلها، وقال لي: كل منه فإنه ليس ببلادنا! فقلت: كيف أكله وهو غير مطبوخ؟ فقال: إنه مطبوخ، فقلت: أنا أعرف به فإنه ببلادي كثير!!

> Among their food that day I saw a salted, uncooked sardine fish, which had been sent to them as a gift from Kawlam, where it is plentiful in the Mulaybār country. The vizier took a sardine and began to eat it, and said to me, 'Eat some of it, for it is not found in our country!' I said, 'How can I eat it when it is not cooked?' He said, 'It is cooked.' I said, 'I know it well, for it is plentiful in my country!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

- [Previous: 13.91.2](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta.13.91.2)
- [Next: 13.92.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta.13.92.1)
- [Up: 13.91](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta.13.91)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta~en-mt.13.91.3) — English, machine translation

---
Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta.13.91.3](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta.13.91.3) · Pramāṇa
