History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c8.55
History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c8.55
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c8.55
The unwarranted assumption of Ibn Batūṭah that a search was instituted in Dihli under a royal mandate to find out if any of the inhabitants were lurking in their houses, which resulted in the discovery of a blind man and a cripple is based upon mere bazar gossip, invented afterwards to discredit the Sultan. What Ibn Batūṭah heard from his informant is as follows:
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- تحفة النظار في غرائب الأمصار وعجائب الأسفار — Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, Arabic