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 "id": "event/ibn-battuta-envoy-to-china-1342",
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  "ar": "ابن بطوطة سفيرًا إلى الصين",
  "en": "Ibn Battuta named envoy to China",
  "ur": "ابن بطوطہ چین کے سفیر مقرر"
 },
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  "ar": "سنة 1342م عيّن سلطان دلهي محمد بن تغلق ابنَ بطوطة سفيرًا له إلى إمبراطور الصين، بعد سنوات قضاها في بلاطه. {cite:britannica-ibn-battuta}",
  "en": "In 1342 the Delhi sultan Muhammad ibn Tughluq appointed Ibn Battuta his envoy to the Chinese emperor, after years at his court.",
  "ur": "1342ء میں دہلی کے سلطان محمد بن تغلق نے، اپنے دربار میں کئی برس گزارنے کے بعد، ابن بطوطہ کو چینی شہنشاہ کے پاس اپنا سفیر مقرر کیا۔"
 },
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 "span": {
  "earliest": 1342.000793993032,
  "latest": 1343.000130050551
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  "start": {
   "edtf": "1342",
   "hijri": "0742~",
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   "note": "Gregorian date from Britannica (Ibn Battuta); the Hijri year is converted from it (derived)."
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   "note": "Gregorian date from Britannica (Ibn Battuta); the Hijri year is converted from it (derived)."
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   "source": "Britannica, Ibn Battuta, read in the browser on 29 October 2026; ledger docs/authenticity-ledger/pages/britannica-ibn-battuta.yaml",
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  "event/aurangzeb-coronation-delhi-1659",
  "event/founding-of-shahjahanabad-1638",
  "event/humayun-returns-to-delhi-962",
  "event/ibn-battuta-completes-hajj-1326",
  "event/ibn-battuta-dictates-rihla-1353",
  "event/ibn-battuta-journey-to-mali-1352",
  "event/ibn-battuta-returns-to-fez-1349",
  "event/ibn-battuta-sets-out-for-hajj-1325"
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