Examine the comparative and connected worldviews of two Muslim travelers – Ibn Battuta (d. 1368) and Abdul Razzaq Samarqandi (d. 1482) – who wrote accounts of their journeys in Arabic and Persian. Where and how does the account of travel begin?

Examine the comparative and connected worldviews of two Muslim travelers – Ibn Battuta (d. 1368) and Abdul Razzaq Samarqandi (d. 1482) – who wrote accounts of their journeys in Arabic and Persian. These two accounts are windows into Islam’s multivalent role in integrating distant societies across the Indian Ocean world into a single continuum of circulation and exchange. Examine these two accounts bearing in mind the following questions while using Handout 2 Form & Content in a Primary Source:1. Where and how does the account of travel begin?2. How do pre-modern actors make sense of the places they travel to? What is the basis ofcomparison and observation?3. What is the interplay between the familiar and unfamiliar? How is social difference constructedand understood?4. Closely analyze the form and content of each account (Refer to Handout 2)