MEDIEVAL SOCIETY THROUGH TRAVELLER'S ACCOUNTS Flashcards
al biruni and the kitab ul hind
from khwarizm to the punjab :
- AL BIRUNI BORN IN - 973 [KHWARIZM,UZBEKISTAN]
- SEVERAL LNAGUAGES - syriac arabic persian hebrew and sanskrit
- plato and greek philosophers works
- in 1017 - sultan mahmud invades khwarizm - capital GHAZNI
- GHAZNI and AL BIRNUI - develop interest in india .
- engaze with priest and brahamns
AL BIRUNI :
- TRANSLATED SANSKRIT TEXT IN SANSKRIT , ARABIC AND GRAMMAR . TRNASLATED ELUCID WRKS IN SANSKRIT FOR INDIANS .
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KITAB UL HIND :
- WRITTEN IN ARBIC [SIMPLE AND LUCID]
- HAS 80 CHAPTERS
- ADAPTIONS IN - SANSKRIT PALI PRAKRIT INTO ARABIC.
KITAB UL HIND : ON HINDU
HINDU DERIVED FROM OLD PERSIAN
5-6 C. BCE
RIVER SINDHU[INDUS]
REGION : AL HIND
PEOPLE : HINDI
TURKS REFRRED TO PEOPLE OF EAST AS HINDU AND THEIR LAND HINDUATAN
LANGUAGE : HINDAVI
IBN BATTUTA’S RIHLA :
- WRITTEN IN ARABIC
- SOCIAL AND CULTURAL LIFE
- FOURTHEEN C.
- MOROCCON TRAVELLER
- BORN IN TANGIER - EDUCATED FAMILY
- HE SET OFF INDIA - **1332 -33 **. PILGRIMAGE TRIP TO MECCA AND TRAVELLED - SYRIA IRAQ PERSIA YEMEN OMAN AND AFRICA .
- REACHED SIND IN 1333
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MOHAMMAD BIN TUGLAQ :- SULTAN OF DELHI
* APPOINTED AS QAZI OF DELHI BY SULTAN - 1342 - CHINA TO MONGOL RULER
- RETURENED IN 1347.
THE FOOTSTEPS OF IBN BATUTTA :
- [1400 AND 1800] PEOPLE WRITE ABT TRAVELLING TO INDIA
- **ABUR RAZZAQ SAMARQANDI - SOUTH INDIA -1440S - VISITED MAHMUD WALI BALKHI - 1620S .
- SEIKH ALI HAZRIN - NORTH INDIA**
- MAHMUD BALKI - SANYASI
- OTHER HAZIN WERE DISSAPOINTED WITH INDIA CULTURE
FRANCOIS BERNEIR : A DOCTOR WITH A DIFFERENCE
- FRENCHAN , DOCTOR [1656 TO 1668]
- MUGHAL COURT - PRINCE DARA SHIKOH ELDEST SON EMPEROOR SHAH JAHAN
- WITH DANISHMAND KHAN - AMERICAN NOBLE
- PORTUGUESE [1500]
- DAUARTE BARBOSA- IS ABOUT
CULTURE AND SOCIETY OF SOUTH INDIA
FRENCH JEWELLER - JEAN BAPTISTE TAVERNIER
- TRAVELLED 6 TIMES
- TRADING CONDITION IN INDIA
ITALIAN DOCTOR MANUCCI-
SETTLED DOWN IN INDIA
COMPARING EAST AND WEST :
** FRANCOIS WRITE A LOT ON LLOUIS 16 THE KING OF FRANCE **
HE DESCRIBED INDIA IN BLEAK SITUATION
WORKS PUBLISHED IN FRANCE IN - 1670-71 ANS TRNASLATED IN DUTCH GERMAN INTALIAN AND ENGLISH IN NEXT 5 YEARS
AL BIRUNI - “ SANSKRITIC TRADITION BARRIER”
- FIRST - TRNASLATION BEONG DIFFICULT - NO SIMILARITIES
- SECOND - DIFFREENT RELIGION PRACTICES
- THIRD - SELF ABSORBTION AND CONSEQUENT INSULARITY
- DEPENDED ON BRAHMANIC TEXTS
AL BRUNEI - CASTE SYSTEM
- ANCIENT PERSIA =FOUR CATEGORIES
- PRIEST
- LAWYERS , PHYSICIANS
- ASTRONOMERS SCIENTIST
- PEASANTS
- HE DISAPPROVED IT AND CALLED IT “SOCIAL POLLUTION”
IBN BATTUTA : THE COCONUT AND PAAN
- NUT OF A COCONUT TREE RESEMBLES - MAN’S HEAD
- USE IT THAT BEFORE EATING ARECA NUT
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IBN BATTUTA - INDIAN CITIES
- DELHI AS A VAST CITY AND DAULATABAD IN [MAHARASTRA] SIMILAR IN SIZE TO DELHI
- CROWED AND POPULTED
- BAZAARS - SOCIO CULTURE AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
- INDIAN PRODUCT DEMAND IN WEST ASIA AND SOUTHEAST ASIA
- COTTON CLOTH AND FINE MUSLIN