History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c10.2.4

c10.2.4

Ibn Batūtah’s testimony is reliable, because he had married Hoornasab, a daughter of the Sharif,¹² and must have been intimately acquainted with him. He started from Dihli on the 17th Safar, 743 A.H. (July 22, 1342 A.D.) and after having passed through many vicissitudes reached the Maldive Islands, which he left on the 15th Rabi-'al-Sani, 745 A.H. (August 26, 1344 A.D.) for Ceylon from which place he went to Ma'bar. He must have reached Ma'bar sometime in 745 A.H. His account is as follows:—