Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow: Education and Entertainment This is what Ibn Juzayy, who was deputed to write what Ibn Battuta dictated, said in his introduction: Agracious direction was transmitted (by the ruler) that he (Ibn Battuta) should dictate an account of the cities which he had seen in his travel, and of the interesting events which had clung to his memory, and that he should speak of those whom he had met of the rulers of countries, of their distinguished men of learning, and their pious saints. Accordingly, he dictated upon these subjects a narrative which gave entertainment to the mind and delight to the ears and eyes, with a variety of curious particulars by the exposition of which he gave edification and of marvellous things, by referring to which he aroused interest. How did his account prove fruitful?

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