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# تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 13.47.4

English (machine translation) 13.47.4

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### [13.47.4](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta~en-mt.13.47.4)

There were two Muslims with them, who spoke to me in Persian and asked me about myself. I told them part of my story, and concealed from them that I came from the Sultan. They said to me: "These men or others are bound to kill you; but this is their leader," and they pointed to one of the men. So I spoke to him through the interpretation of the two Muslims and tried to win him over, and he put three of them in charge of me:

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## Translations (1)

- [The Travels of Ibn Batūta](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta~en-lee.17.1.5) — Samuel Lee 1829, English

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- [تحفة النظار في غرائب الأمصار وعجائب الأسفار](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta.13.47.4) — Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, Arabic

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