ABSTRACT
This chapter explores some important Persian and Arabic writings, looks at the narratives of some travellers from abroad. Descriptions of the different military expeditions and political events along with their dates can be considered authentic in the writings of Amir Khusrau as he accompanied the Sultans in most of their expeditions. The narratives of the travellers from abroad were mostly taken with caution. The narrative of Duarte Barbosa in early sixteenth century is very interesting although it has been proposed without much evidence that it was actually the narrative of the traveller Magellan. The limitation of the narratives of the foreign travellers during the Sultanate period easily comes to the fore. These travellers did not know the local languages and were dependent on somebody else. The first foreign traveller who had stayed long years in India and had travelled widely inside the country was Ibn Battuta of Morocco.
