HistoryMedieval India: Through the Eyes of Travellers

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True to the tradition of his family, Ibn Battuta received literary and scholastic education when he was quite young. Before he set off for India in 1332-33, he had made pilgrimage trips to Mecca, and had already travelled extensively in Syria, Iraq, Persia, Yemen, Oman and a few trading ports on the coast of East Africa. Travelling overland through Central Asia, Ibn Battuta reached Sind in 1333.

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Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 3

The correct answer is Option (3) → Islamic religious law or shari'a

Ibn Battuta was born in Tangier into a respectable, educated family known for its expertise in Islamic religious law or shari'a.

NCERT (2026-27): “2.1 An early globe-trotter
Ibn Battuta’s book of travels, called Rihla, written in Arabic, provides extremely rich and interesting details about the social and cultural life in the subcontinent in the fourteenth century. This Moroccan traveller was born in Tangier into one of the most respectable and educated families known for their expertise in Islamic religious law or shari‘a. True to the tradition of his family, Ibn Battuta received literary and scholastic education when he was quite young.”