The Adventures of Ibn Battuta: A Muslim Traveler of the 14th CenturyStudie over leven en werk van de Arabische ontdekkingsreiziger Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh Ibn Baṭūtah (1304-1368/9). |
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... Syria . In any case he stayed in Cairo , astonishingly enough , only one night before setting out for Syria , the Asian half of the Mamluk empire . The main route from Cairo to Damascus was the royal road of the kingdom , since Damascus ...
... Syria . In any case he stayed in Cairo , astonishingly enough , only one night before setting out for Syria , the Asian half of the Mamluk empire . The main route from Cairo to Damascus was the royal road of the kingdom , since Damascus ...
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... Syria under the Early Mamluks ( Beirut , 1953 ) , p . 97 . 25. “ Khirka , " EI2 , vol . 5 , pp . 17–18 ; Gb , vol . 1 , p . 80n . 26. It is at this point in the narrative that the reader encounters the first major discrepancy between ...
... Syria under the Early Mamluks ( Beirut , 1953 ) , p . 97 . 25. “ Khirka , " EI2 , vol . 5 , pp . 17–18 ; Gb , vol . 1 , p . 80n . 26. It is at this point in the narrative that the reader encounters the first major discrepancy between ...
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... Syria , Anatolia , and Central Asia no later than the winter or spring of 1330 ( 730 A.H. ) . If that dating is correct , he must have left Mecca for East Africa following the pilgrimage of October 1328 ( 728 A.H. ) . Returning from ...
... Syria , Anatolia , and Central Asia no later than the winter or spring of 1330 ( 730 A.H. ) . If that dating is correct , he must have left Mecca for East Africa following the pilgrimage of October 1328 ( 728 A.H. ) . Returning from ...
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The Adventures of Ibn Battuta: A Muslim Traveler of the 14th Century Ross E. Dunn Limited preview - 1989 |
The Adventures of Ibn Battuta: A Muslim Traveler of the Fourteenth Century Ross E. Dunn Limited preview - 2004 |
The Adventures of Ibn Battuta: A Muslim Traveler of the Fourteenth Century Ross E. Dunn Limited preview - 2005 |
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