A World Traveler in India

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Answer the following questions 1 through 5 in a Word document (following MLA guidelines).

1) Is Ibn Battuta impressed with Delhi? How do you know? (Cite specific evidence in your response.)

2) What sits outside Delhi, named after Sultan Lalmish? What purpose or function does this particular public work serve?

3) Does the author spend more time talking about: the city’s religious buildings or the city’s defensive walls? Why?

4) What was named “Hazar Ustan”? What does the sultan do here?

5) Where are people executed by order of the sultan? How long do the bodies of the executed remain there? What message does this convey to the people who seek an audience with the sultan?