Question

Which among the following King’s reign Persian traveller ‘Abdurrajjak’ came to India?
1. Dev Rai I
2. Krishna Dev Rai I
3. Dev Rai II
4. Krishna Rai II
5. None of the above/More than one of the above

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Dev Rai II

The correct answer is Dev Rai II.

• Abdul Razzaq was a Persian Traveller and Islamic scholar.

• He was also an ambassador of Shah Rukh, a ruler of the Timurid dynasty of Persia.
• He visited the Vijayanagara Kingdom in India at the time of Dev Rai II.
•  Dev Rai II was the greatest ruler of the Sangama dynasty.
• In the 1440s, as an ambassador, he visited Kozhikode in western India.
• He wrote an article about what he saw in Calicut and that proved to be very useful information for Calicut society and culture.
• He visited India during the rule of  Dev Rai II who was the emperor of the Vijayanagar Empire. 
• Dev Rai II is considered the greatest ruler of the Sangama dynasty and was a good administrator, warrior, and scholar.
• He is well known for his work in Kannada and Sanskrit language.
• According to Abdul Razzaq, the Dev Rai II empire extended from Ceylon to Gulbarga and Orissa to Malabar.

• Krishnadevaraya was a King of the Vijayanagara Empire who reigned from 1509–1529.
• He was the third ruler of the Tuluva Dynasty and is considered to be its greatest ruler.
• He possessed the largest empire in India after the decline of the Delhi Sultanate.