But all his observations and experiences corresponded to many textbooks written by scholars. One such textbook is Worlds Together, Worlds Apart A History of the World from the Beginning of Humanity to the Present by Robert Tignor and eleven of his colleagues. For example, in the book, the Indians wore “their distinctive trousers and robes.” When Ibn Battuta kissed Sultan Muhammad Tughluq seven times for praising him with his words, he was given a robe. The Indians were known for “their skill in horsemanship.” We can see that when Sultan Muhammad Tughluq was returning to Delhi from a war, he was transported on horseback and later Ibn Battuta asked for a horse in Maldives. Also in the textbook, we read, “although the sultans spoke Turkic languages, they considered Persian literature a high cultural achievement and made Persian their courtly and administrative language.” It is also true, as we see, that when Ibn Battuta was a judge, he was given two assistants as a translator and the Sultan himself spoke