History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c14.43

c14.43

Ibn Batūṭah, as he is revealed to us in his ‘Travels’ is an adventurous spirit who has a keen zest for life and a natural capacity for enjoyment and who takes delight in moving amidst strange and unfamiliar scenes and surroundings. A tendency to be extravagant accompanied by an attempt to get rid of an embarrassing situation by unworthy makeshifts, a kind of superstitious piety with a child-like belief in miracles, a moral laxity and yet a positive genius for seeing things and entering into the life of the people in whose midst he lived—these are some of the outstanding characteristics of this great mediæval traveller who ranks at once as the rival and compeer of the great Venetian.