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प्रश्न
Identify the name of the person from the information given below.
- He was born at Tangier in one of the most respectable and educated family.
- He considered experience gained through travel as a source of knowledge than books.
- He had travelled extensively in middle east and few trading ports on the coast of East Africa.
- He wrote a book named Rihia.
विकल्प
Ibn Battuta
Francois Bernier
Al Biruni
Domingo Paes
उत्तर
Ibn Battuta
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Answer in 100-150 Words
Compare and contrast the perspectives from which Ibn Battuta and Bernier wrote their accounts of their travels in India.
Write a short essay (about 250-300 words) on the following:-
Do you think Ibn Battuta’s account is useful in arriving at an understanding of life in contemporary urban centres? Give reasons for your answer.
Map work
On an outline map of the world mark the countries visited by Ibn Battuta. What are the seas that he may have crossed?
Islamic Law is known as ____________.
Who is the author of Rihla?
Ibn Battuta remained in India for ______ years.
Which of the following cities, according to Ibn-Battuta, was the largest?
Who among the following belonged to Morocco?
Consider the following.
| 1. | Al-Biruni | i. | Rihla |
| 2. | Ibn-Battuta | ii. | Kitab-ul-Hind |
| 3. | Francois Bernier | iii. | Travels in Mughal Empire |
Correctly match them.
Who is the author of the book 'Rihla'?
The Sultan of Delhi, who appointed lbn Battuta as a 'Qazi' (Judge of Delhi) was ______.
Arranged the following visitors of India as per the chronology.
- Marco Polo
- Francois Bernier
- lbn Battuta
- Al-Biruni
Which of the following traveller defined the distance between Sind and Delhi in Days?
Consider the following statement(s) related to Rihla.
I. It dealt with the social and cultural life in the subcontinent in the fourteenth century.
II. Writer of this book was born in Tangier into one of the most respectable and educated families known for their expertise in Islamic religious law or shari'a.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?
Khwaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki was associated with which of the following places?
Read the following source and answer the questions that follow:
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Education and entertainment This is what Ibn Juzayy, who was deputed to write what Ibn Battuta dictated, said in his introduction. A gracious direction was transmitted (by the ruler) that he (Ibn Battuta) should dictate an account of the cities which he had seen in his travel, and of the interesting events which had clung to his memory, and that he should speak of those whom he had met of the rulers of countries, of their distinguished men of learning, and their pious saints. Accordingly, he dictated upon these subjects a narrative which gave entertainment to the mind and delight to the ears and eyes, with a variety of curious particulars by the exposition of which he gave edification and of marvellous things, by referring to which he aroused interest. |
- Why did the Sultan of Morocco insist Ibn Buttuta to dictate the story of his travel to Ibn Juzayy?
- Highlight the places Ibn Buttuta explored during his travel.
- What do Ibn Battuta's travel account reveal about the things he noted in India?
