inghlak

Updated: May 23, 2025

Here he found favour with the emperor Mohammed Inghlak, who appointed him a judge, and sent him on an embassy to China, at first overland, but, as this was found too dangerous a route, he went ultimately from Calicut, via Ceylon, the Maldives, and Sumatra, to Zaitun, then the great port of China.

Joseph Jacobs - The Story of Geographical Discovery: How the World Became Known