Which of the following pairs are correctly matched ? Traveller Country’ from 1. Marco Polo Italy 2. Ibn Battuta Morocco 3. Nikitin Russia 4. Seydi Ali Reis Turkey Select the correct answer using the code given below :

All four pairs are correctly matched based on historical records of medieval travellers. Marco Polo was a Venetian traveller from Italy who visited India and China in the late thirteenth century [4]. Ibn Battuta was a famous fourteenth-century globe-trotter from Morocco who documented his extensive travels in the 'Rihla' [3]. Afanasy Nikitin (Afanasii Nikitich Nikitin) was a fifteenth-century merchant and traveller from Russia who visited India and authored 'The Journey Beyond Three Seas' [1]. Seydi Ali Reis was a sixteenth-century Ottoman admiral and traveller from Turkey who wrote the 'Mirat al-Mamalik' (Mirror of Countries) after his travels through South Asia [1]. These travellers provided significant insights into the socio-cultural and political landscape of medieval India, ranging from the Pandya kingdom in the south to the Bahmani and Mughal territories.

Sources

1. [1] THEMES IN INDIAN HISTORY PART II, History CLASS XII (NCERT 2025 ed.) > Chapter 5: Through the Eyes of Travellers > The child sati > p. 137
2. [2] THEMES IN INDIAN HISTORY PART II, History CLASS XII (NCERT 2025 ed.) > Chapter 5: Through the Eyes of Travellers > 2.1 An early globe-trotter > p. 119
3. [4] History , class XI (Tamilnadu state board 2024 ed.) > Chapter 11: Later Cholas and Pandyas > Rise of Pandyas Again (1190 - 1310) > p. 167
4. [3] THEMES IN INDIAN HISTORY PART II, History CLASS XII (NCERT 2025 ed.) > Chapter 5: Through the Eyes of Travellers > 2.2 The "enjoyment of curiosities" > p. 120