Late Middle Ages · South Asia · Exploration
1341
Ibn Battuta arrives at the court of Muhammad bin Tughlaq
1341
The Moroccan traveler reached Delhi after crossing the Hindu Kush and was immediately appointed qadi by the unpredictable sultan, who lavished gifts on foreign scholars. For eight years he witnessed Tughlaq's genius and cruelty at close range - elephants executing prisoners, copper coins debasing markets - before escaping on a diplomatic mission to Yuan China.
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Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.