Consider the following statements about the travellers who visited Ind...
Abd-ur-Razzaq was the ambassador of Shah Rukh, the Timurid dynasty ruler of Persia to Calicut, India, from January 1442 to January 1445. He wrote a 45-page narrative of this mission to India.
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Consider the following statements about the travellers who visited Ind...
Statement 1: Abdur Razzaq Samarqandi from Herat visited Delhi and Daulatabad.
Statement 2: Ibn Battuta provides detailed accounts of both Delhi and Daulatabad.
Statement 3: According to Francois Bernier, there was no private property in land in Mughal India.
Explanation:
Statement 1: Abdur Razzaq Samarqandi from Herat visited Delhi and Daulatabad.
Abdur Razzaq Samarqandi was a Persian ambassador who visited India during the reign of Sultan Muhammad Shah Tughlaq. He wrote a book called "Matla-us-Sadain wa Majma-ul-Bahrain" which provides an account of his journey. In his book, he describes his visit to Delhi and Daulatabad, among other places. Therefore, statement 1 is correct.
Statement 2: Ibn Battuta provides detailed accounts of both Delhi and Daulatabad.
Ibn Battuta was a Moroccan explorer who traveled extensively throughout the Islamic world in the 14th century. He visited India during the reign of Muhammad bin Tughlaq. In his travelogue "Rihla," Ibn Battuta provides detailed accounts of his visit to Delhi, describing the city's grandeur and the court of the Sultan. However, there is no mention of Daulatabad in his writings. Therefore, statement 2 is incorrect.
Statement 3: According to Francois Bernier, there was no private property in land in Mughal India.
Francois Bernier was a French physician who visited India during the reign of Aurangzeb, the Mughal emperor. In his book "Travels in the Mughal Empire," Bernier mentions that the land in Mughal India was not privately owned by individuals. Instead, the emperor and the nobles owned the land, and the peasants worked on it as tenants or sharecroppers. Therefore, statement 3 is correct.
Conclusion:
Based on the above analysis, we can conclude that statements 1 and 3 are correct, while statement 2 is incorrect. Therefore, the correct answer is option 'D' - 2 and 3 only.