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The famous Moorish (from Morocco) traveller Ibn Batuta, who visited India recorded his experiences in a book entitled Safarnama or Rehla, was appointed Qazi of Delhi by Sultan
 (a) Mubarak Shah Khalji
 (b) Ghiyasuddin Tughluq
 (c) Mohammad-bin-Tughluq
 (d) Firuz Tughluq

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Hint:
1 The Moors developed the Islamic Andalusian civilization from mixed Arab, Spanish, and Amazigh (Berber) backgrounds and subsequently settled in the Maghreb (in the area of North Africa) between the 11th and 17th centuries as refugees.

2 The divine ideals of love, honesty, harmony, liberty and justice shall be lived by them. Drew Ali, the Prophet Noble, taught the Moors to learn to love rather than hate. The Moors are taught to respect man, and they honour Allah when they honour the man.

Complete answer:
1- Moors are not independent or self-defined individuals, and the Encyclopædia Britannica of 1911 noted that The term 'Moors' has no real ethnological value." The name was variously applied to Arabs, North African Berbers, and Muslim Europeans by Europeans of the Middle Ages and the early modern era.

2- The travel book by Ibn Battuta, called Rehla, written in Arabic, offers extremely rich and fascinating information about the fourteenth century social and cultural life of the subcontinent. Ibn Battuta was impressed by Sultan Muhammad bin Tughlaq and named him Qazi, or Judge of Delhi.

Therefore , the correct answer is C

Note:
1 Sultan Firoz Shah Tughlaq was a Muslim ruler of the Tughlaq dynasty, who reigned over the Sultanate of Delhi from 1351 to 1388. The name of his father was Rajab, who bore the title Sipahsalar.

2 Qutb-ud-din Mubarak Shah was the ruler of present-day India's Delhi Sultanate. A Khalji dynasty member, he was the son of Alauddin Khalji. Mubarak Shah was imprisoned after the death of Alauddin by Malik Kafur, who appointed his brother, Shihabuddin Omar, as a puppet ruler.
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