Once there arrived in Delhi some female infidel captives, ten of whom the Vazir sent to me. I gave one of them to the man who had brought them... My companion took three young girls, and I do not know what happened to the rest. (Ibn Battuta)

Once there arrived in Delhi some female infidel captives, ten of whom the Vazir sent to me. I gave one of them to the man who had brought them... My companion took three young girls, and I do not know what happened to the rest.

Ibn Battuta

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