History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c14.13.4

c14.13.4

On his return from China he again came to India and stayed at Calicut for some time. Fearing the wrath of the Sultan of Dihli, he did not go to Dihli and embarked on boardship and finally reached home towards the close of 755 A.H. (1354 A.D.). Here he recorded those observations which have entitled him to be placed in the forefront of the world's greatest travellers. Ibn Batūṭah died at the age of seventy-three in 1377-78 A.D.