[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 غرائب الأمصار وعجائب الأسفار](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta~en-mt) › 13.72 # تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 13.72 English (machine translation) 13.72 - **Language:** English ### [13.72.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta~en-mt.13.72.1) 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. ### [13.72.2](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta~en-mt.13.72.2) 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... ### [13.72.3](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta~en-mt.13.72.3) Then we travelled from it to the city of Qāliqūṭ, whose name is spelt with two qafs, i after the lam and u after ### [13.72.4](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta~en-mt.13.72.4) 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. ## Linked texts (1) - [تحفة النظار في غرائب الأمصار وعجائب الأسفار](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta.13.72.1) — Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, Arabic --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta~en-mt.13.72](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta~en-mt.13.72) · Pramāṇa