IBAN BATATA
Iban Batata, has visited India, including Keralam, in AD 1000. He describes India as Muslim country.
When he came to Calicut, he saw only Chinese ships there. There is a story about this Chinese domination of the seas. The Emporer enquired of the sailors, whether they could learn anything new in these voyages.
Probably she forgot that the ships travelled mainly for transporting merchandise. Anyway, the sailors informed her that in the negative .
The Empress of China ordered that the ships may be used in Chinese waters only. For selling silk, a land route had come up by then, if not earlier.
Another observation of Iban Batata is that slaves were available in plenty In India, including our land. They were given as dowry!
A slave became the Empress of Delhi. She established what is known as the Slave Dynasty. I think her name is Razia Suthana.
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