ABSTRACT
Account of my Return to China and then to India. When the rebellion broke out and disorders flared up Shaikh Burhān al-Dīn and others advised me to return to China before disorder became prevalent. They presented themselves with me to the deputy of Sultan Fīrūz, who sent three of his suite with me and wrote giving me the right to hospitality. We travelled down the river to Khansā, then to Qanjanfū, and then to al-Zaitūn. When I arrived there I found the junks about to sail for India. Among them was a junk belonging to al-Malik al-Ẓāhir, the lord of al-Jāwa. Its crew were Muslims. His agent recognized me and was delighted that I had come. We encountered favourable winds for ten days, but when we were near the country of |305 Tạwālisī, the wind changed, the sky became dark, and there was heavy rain. For ten days we did not see the sun. Then we entered an unknown sea, the crew of the junk were frightened, and they wanted to return to China, but it was not possible. We spent forty-two days without knowing in which sea we were.
