Who among the following travellers have mentioned “a strange nation” when he saw the populated port of Calicut (present-day Kozhikode)?
A. Albiruni
B. Abdur Razzaq Samarqandi
C. Berneir
D. Ibn Battuta
Answer:A
Who among the following travellers have mentioned “a strange nation” when he saw the populated port of Calicut (present-day Kozhikode)?
A. Albiruni B. Abdur Razzaq Samarqandi C. Berneir D. Ibn Battuta
Explanation: The travelogue of Abdur Razzaq written in the 1440s is an interesting mixture of emotions and perceptions. On the one hand, he did not appreciate what he saw in the port of Calicut (present-day Kozhikode) in Kerala, which was populated by “a people the likes of whom I had never imagined”, describing them as “a strange nation”.