Foreign Travellers in Medieval India
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Foreign Travellers before 1500
Name | Country | Time | Ruler / Dynasty | Book / Remarks  |
Al-Masudi | Arab | 957 | Â | Muruj-ul-Zehab |
Al-beruni | Uzbekistan | 1024-30 | Sultan Mahmud | Tahqiq-i-Hind |
Marco Polo | Italy | 1288-92 | Pandya Kakatiya | Book of Sir Marco Polo |
Ibn-e-Batuta | Morocco | 1333-42 | Mohammad Bin Tughlaq | Rehla |
Shihabuddin al-Umari | Damascus | 1348 | Â | Masalik albsar fi-mamalik al-amsar |
Nicolo Conti | Italy | 1420-22 | Dev Ray I | Â |
Tsang Hi (Mahuan) | China | 1421-31 | Jalaluddin of Bengal | Â |
Abdur Razzak | Iran | 1442-43 | Dev Ray II | Â |
Russia | 1470-74 | Mohammad III, Bahmani | Â | |
Portugal | 1498 | Zamorin | Â |
Foreign Travellers 1500-1600
Name | Country | Time | Ruler / Dynasty | Book / Remarks  |
Ludovico de Varthema | Italy | Â | Gujrat, Vijayanagar | Â |
Duarte Barbosa | Portugal | 1500-16 | Â | |
Domingo’s Paes | Portugal | 1520-22 | Krishna Dev Ray |  |
Nuniz | Portugal | 1535-37 | Achyut Dev Ray | Â |
Anthony Monserrate | Portugal | 1578-82 | Â | |
Ralph Fitch | England | 1585-91 | Akbar | Â |
John Mildenhall | England | 1603 | Akbar | 1st recorded burial of an Englishman in India |
Ceaser Fredriseh | Â | Â | Vijay Nagar | Â |
John Linscoten | Dutch | Â | Vijay Nagar | Â |
Lama Taranath | Tibet | Â | Eastern India | Â |
Foreign Travellers 1600-20
Name | Country | Time | Ruler / Dynasty | Book / Remarks  |
William Hawkins | England | 1608-13 | Jahangir | King James I |
William Fisch | England | 1608-12 | Jahangir | Â |
John Jurdan | Portugal | 1608-17 | Jahangir | Â |
Nicholos Doughton | England | 1608-15 | Jahangir | Â |
Nicholos Withurgton | England | 1612-16 | Jahangir | Â |
Thomas Coryat | England | 1612-17 | Jahangir | Â |
Thomas Roe | England | 1615-19 | Jahangir | King James I |
Pal Canning | England | 1615-25 | Jahangir | Â |
Edward Terry | England | 1616-19 | Jahangir | Â |
Francisco Paelsert | Dutch | 1620-27 | Jahangir | Â |
Foreign Travellers after 1620
Name | Country | Time | Ruler / Dynasty | Book / Remarks  |
Pietra Della Velle | Italy | 1622-60 | Jahangir | Â |
John Loyatt | Dutch | 1626-33 | Shahjahan | Â |
John Fryer | England | 1627 | Shahjahan | Â |
Peter Mundy | Italy | 1630-34 | Shahjahan | Â |
John Albert de Mandesto | Germany | 1638 | visited Surat | Â |
Baptiste Tavernier | France | 1641-87 | Shahjahan Aurangzeb | Â |
Nicolao Manucci | Italy | 1656-87 | Dara Shikoh | Â |
François Bernier | France | 1658-68 | Aurangzeb | Physician of Dara Sikho |
Jean de Thevnot | France | 1666-68 | Aurangzeb | Â |
John Fryer | English | 1672-81 | Surat and Bombay | Â |
Gammilly Careri | Italy | 1695-97 | Bijapur | Â |
foreign travelers william hawkins thomas roe vasco da gama in india nicolo conti visited vijayanagar
