Twilight of the Sultanate c17.s10.4

c17.s10.4

¹⁸⁸ "The Muslims dominate the infidels," writes he, "but the latter fortify themselves in mountains, in rocky, uneven and rugged places as well as in bamboo groves ... which serve them as ramparts. Hence they cannot be subdued except by means of powerful armies." I.B., 124. Even while he was going as the Sultan's ambassador to China, Ibn Battūta was attacked by Hindus as near Delhi as Kol ('Alīgarh), and his privations for more than a week show the hostility of the Hindus against the ruling race. *Ibid.*, 153-8.