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

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  • The Fourteenth Century

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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
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  • Limitations and the Question of Reliability
  • Comparative Standing Among Sultanate-Era Sources
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