About the Author: He belonged to an Arab family which was settled in Spain since AD 1312. His grandfather and father enjoyed a reputation of scholars and theologians. He himself was a great scholar who traveled extensively and over many lands. He came to India in 1325 and visited many places. He was very fond of sampling Hindu girls from different parts of India. They were presented to him by the Sultan Mohammed bin-Tughlaq with whom Ibn Battuta came in close contact. He also married Muslim women wherever he stayed and divorced them before his departure.
a. His Travel description: (Delhi)
"Near the eastern gate of the mosque, lie two very big deities of copper connected together by stones. Everyone who comes in and goes out of the mosque treads over them. On the site of this mosque was a bud Khana, an idol-house. After the conquest of Delhi, it was turned into a mosque..."
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