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What is your assessment of Ibn Batutah’s Rehla as an important source of Indian history

  • UPSC 2013
  • The Fourteenth Century

The Rehla (Rihla), dictated by the Moroccan traveller Ibn Battuta to the scholar Ibn Juzayy after his return home in 1354, is the single richest outsider's account of fourteenth-century India, covering his eight years (1334-42) at the court of Muhammad bin Tughluq. Its value lies precisely in its outsider status — an eyewitness who moved…

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  • Ibn Battuta's Position and Access at the Tughluq Court
  • The Rehla's Contribution as a Political and Administrative Source
  • Socio-Economic and Cultural Testimony
  • Limitations and the Question of Reliability
  • Comparative Standing Among Sultanate-Era Sources

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