Match List-I with List-II:
| List-I Travellers | List-II Country | ||
| (A) | Al-Biruni | (I) | Morocco |
| (B) | Ibn Battuta | (II) | Turkey |
| (C) | Abd al-Razzaq | (III) | Uzbekistan |
| (D) | Seydi Ali Reis | (IV) | Samarqand |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(II)
(A) Al-Biruni — this matches (III) Uzbekistan. Muhammad ibn Ahmad Abu Raihan al-Biruni (973-1048) came from Uzbekistan; he was born in Khwarizm.
(B) Ibn Battuta — this matches (I) Morocco. The fourteenth-century traveller Ibn Battuta (1304-77) came from Morocco.
(C) Abd al-Razzaq — this matches (IV) Samarqand. Abd al-Razzaq Kamal al-Din ibn Ishaq al-Samarqandi (1413-82) came from Samarqand, as his name shows.
(D) Seydi Ali Reis — this matches (II) Turkey. Seydi Ali Reis, who died in 1562, came from Turkey.
NCERT: Themes in Indian History Part II — Chapter 5: Through the Eyes of Travellers (2026-27)
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