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