History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c11.40

c11.40

²² Ibn Batūṭah started on his Chinese mission from Dihli on 17th Safar, 743 A.H. (July 22, 1342 A.D.). Having passed many cities of which he gives a detailed account, he reached the Maldive Islands where he stayed for about two years. He left the islands on 15th Rabi-‘al-Sani, 745 A.H. (Aug. 26, 1344 A.D.), IV, p. 164. He embarked for Ceylon and visited several places and finally reached Ma‘bar sometime in the year 745 A.H. He is remarkably corroborated by numismatic evidence. Starting from Dihli, Ibn Batūṭah traversed the following places:—