it in ' s ▁fact ual ▁material ▁provide ▁a ▁valuable ▁source ▁of ▁information ▁about ▁India ▁at ▁that ▁time , ▁and ▁his ▁remarks ▁on ▁the ▁trade ▁of ▁H orm uz , ▁Camb ay , ▁Cal icut , ▁D ab hol , ▁C ey lon , ▁P egu ▁and ▁China ; ▁on ▁royal ▁progress es ▁and ▁other ▁functions , ▁both ▁ecc les iast ical ▁and ▁civil , ▁at ▁Bah man i ., and ▁on ▁the ▁w onders ▁of ▁the ▁great ▁fair ▁at ▁Per w att um as ▁well ▁as ▁his ▁compar isons ▁of ▁things ▁Russian ▁and ▁Ind i and es erve ▁special ▁notice . ▁ ▁Nik it in , ▁Christian ity , ▁and ▁Islam ▁ ▁After ▁studying ▁Nik it in ' s ▁account , ▁and ▁especially ▁his ▁references ▁to ▁Islam ▁( at ▁the ▁time ▁much ▁of ▁India ▁was ▁ruled ▁by ▁Muslim ▁s ult ans ▁and ▁there ▁were ▁considerable ▁numbers ▁of ▁Muslim ▁mer ch ants ▁living ▁along ▁the ▁coast ), ▁particularly ▁the ▁pray ers ▁he ▁transl iter ates ▁from ▁Arab ic ▁and ▁Turk ic ▁into ▁C yr ill ic ▁letters , ▁ ▁G ail ▁Len hoff ▁and ▁Jan et ▁Martin ▁spec ulated ▁that ▁Nik it in ▁might ▁have ▁converted ▁to ▁Islam ▁while ▁in ▁India . ▁▁▁ ▁His ▁loss ▁of ▁contact ▁with ▁Christian ity ▁and ▁his ▁life ▁among ▁Muslim s ▁( and ▁apparent ▁lap se ▁from ▁Christian ity ▁and ▁conversion ▁to ▁Islam ) ▁bother ed ▁him ▁and ▁he ▁mentions ▁this ▁several ▁times ▁in ▁his ▁account . ▁ ▁Indeed , ▁he ▁begins ▁his ▁account ▁calling ▁it ▁his ▁"