Ibn Battuta’s book of travels called Rihla is written in ____________.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Arabic
Ibn Battuta was a traveller from Morocco, born in Tangier into a family of experts in Islamic religious law (shari‘a). He reached India in 1333. His book of travels, the Rihla, is written in Arabic. It gives very rich details about the social and cultural life of the subcontinent in the fourteenth century.
NCERT (2025-26): “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.…” |