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Who is Toghon Temur from The Adventures of Ibn Battuta, a Muslim Traveler of the Fourteenth Century and what is their importance? The_Adventures_of_Ibn_Battuta English & Literature "Toghon Temur | The Adventures of Ibn Battuta

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The Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty in China, and the only of the four khans of the Mongol Empire not to convert to Islam. Ibn Battuta is sent by the Sultan of Delhi as an emissary to Toghon Temur, but his mission ends in a shipwreck. He later claims to travel on his own to China, meeting the emperor in Quanzhou.