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AND THE INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO. 513
seat of state into the interior of the palace, whilst the young couple were still upon it ; the company took refreshments and separated. Next day the sultan called the people together, and named his son as his successor on the throne. They took an oath of obedience to him, and the future sovereign distributed numerous presents in money and dresses.
I spent two months in this island of Java, and then embarked again on a junk. The sultan presented me with a quantity of aloes-wood, camphor, cloves, and sandal-wood, and then gave me leave to depart. So I sailed, and after forty days I arrived at Kaulam . Here I put myself under the protection of Al-Kazwini, the judge of the Mahomedans. It was the month of Ramazan, and I was present at the festival of breaking the fast in the chief mosque of the city. The custom of the people there is to assemble on the eve of the feast at the mosque, and to continue reciting the praises of God till morning, and indeed till the moment when the prayer appropriate to the feast begins. Then this prayer is offered, the preacher pronounces a discourse, and the congregation disperses.
From Kaulam I went to Calicut, where I remained some days. I intended at first to return to Dehli, but on second thoughts I had fears as to the consequences of such a step. So I embarked again, and after a passage of 28 days, I arrived at ZHAFÂR.1 This was in the month of Moharram, of the year 48 (April or May, 1347) .2 I took up my quarters with the city preacher, 'Isa Ibn Thâtha.
macy between the sexes. Dulaurier quotes several examples in illustration from Malay poems.
1 Zhafar or Dhofar, one of the now decayed ports of Arabia, on the coast of Hadhramaut. It is spoken of by Marco Polo as a beautiful, large, and noble city (iii, 41), but probably from report only. Ibn Batuta seems chiefly struck by the flies and stench in the bazar (ii, 196).
2 At p. 425 I have pointed out generally that this date is inconsistent with previous statements. Let me sum up the intervals assigned to the different sections of his expedition to China :
Those previous statements would make the time of his second visit
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