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Abdur Razzaq Samarqandi
Abdur Razzaq Samarqandi was a Persian historian and envoy of the Timurid ruler Shah Rukh. Sent to India in 1442, he visited Calicut and in 1443 the Vijayanagara capital, of which he left a vivid description covering its walls, markets, palaces and the Mahanavami festival. His chronicle, the Matla al-Sadayn, is a major source for the Timurid period.
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