Ibn Battuta

2 notes tagged Ibn Battuta.

• History

  Al-Biruni, Ibn Battuta and Bernier on India

  Al-Biruni's method, Ibn Battuta's postal and spy system in Delhi, and why historians dispute Bernier's claim that Mughal India had no private property.

• Art & Culture

  India through the Eyes of Foreign Travellers

  Ibn Battuta spent six years as Delhi's own judge under a Sultan he served, and Al-Biruni wrote his account of India travelling with the very army that was busy raiding it.