History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c10.187

c10.187

I have fixed the date of Ghiyas’s arrival at the capital near about 742 A.H. There is clear evidence of the fact that the Sultan formally rendered biat to the Khalifah of Egypt in 741 A.H. From Ibn Batūtah’s account it appears that this man came before the traveller left for China. He was on friendly terms with the ‘Abbasid and writes many things about him from intimate personal knowledge. The Sultan told the ‘Abbasid that he would have rendered biat to him if he had not already done so to the Khalifah of Egypt. From this I conclude that the ‘Abbasid’s arrival must have taken place sometime between 741 and 742 A.H. before Ibn Batūtah’s departure from Dihli.