Why did Ibn Battuta leave the Maldives after nearly two years?

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Engraving of Ibn Battuta in Egypt, standing on a decorated stone block with another man, overlooking ancient Egyptian columns and palm trees in the background. — Ibn Battuta Ibn Baṭṭūṭah (right) with an Egyptian man in Egypt.

Ibn Battuta left the Maldive Islands after nearly two years because he found the political situation there to be too dangerous. During his time on the islands, he had served as a qadi, married into the ruling family, and apparently aspired to become the sultan himself, which likely contributed to the volatile environment he encountered.1