تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 13.72
English (machine translation) 13.72
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I was told that the reason they have left this mosque undemolished is that one of the Brahmans pulled down its roof to make a roof for his own house from it; fire broke out in his house, and he, his children and his goods were burnt! So they came to respect this mosque and did it no harm thereafter; they served it, placed water outside it for passers-by coming and going to drink, and put a net over its door so that birds should not enter it.
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Then we travelled from the city of Budfattan to the city of Fandarīnā, whose name is spelt with fa with a, nun without a vowel, undotted dal and ra both with a, and ya, the last letter of the alphabet. It is a large, fine city with orchards and markets. The Muslims have three quarters in it, each quarter with a mosque, and its congregational mosque is on the shore; it is a wonderful building with belvederes and sitting-rooms overlooking the sea. Its qāḍī and preacher is a man from ʿUmān, who has an excellent brother. In this town the ships of China pass the winter...
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Then we travelled from it to the city of Qāliqūṭ, whose name is spelt with two qafs, i after the lam and u after
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the second qaf, and ending in undotted ta. It is one of the great ports of the land of Mulaybār; the people of China, the Jāwa, Saylān, al-Mahal, Yemen and Fārs come to it, and the merchants of every region gather there. Its harbour is one of the greatest harbours in the world.
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- تحفة النظار في غرائب الأمصار وعجائب الأسفار — Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, Arabic