[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [History of the Qaraunah Turks in India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.prasad-1936) › c8.55 # History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c8.55 History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c8.55 - **Language:** English ### [c8.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.prasad-1936.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: - [Previous: c8.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.prasad-1936.c8.54) - [Next: c8.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.prasad-1936.c8.56) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.prasad-1936.c8) ## Linked texts (1) - [تحفة النظار في غرائب الأمصار وعجائب الأسفار](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta) — Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, Arabic --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.prasad-1936.c8.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.prasad-1936.c8.55) · Pramāṇa