The Adventures of Ibn Battuta: A Muslim Traveler of the Fourteenth CenturyKnown as the greatest traveler of premodern times, Abu Abdallah ibn Battuta was born in Morocco in 1304 and educated in Islamic law. At the age of twenty-one, he left home to make the holy pilgrimage to Mecca. This was only the first of a series of extraordinary journeys that spanned nearly three decades and took him not only eastward to India and China but also north to the Volga River valley and south to Tanzania. The narrative of these travels has been known to specialists in Islamic and medieval history for years. Ross E. Dunn's 1986 retelling of these tales, however, was the first work of scholarship to make the legendary traveler's story accessible to a general audience. Now updated with revisions, a new preface, and an updated bibliography, Dunn's classic interprets Ibn Battuta's adventures and places them within the rich, trans-hemispheric cultural setting of medieval Islam. |
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... Empire — Biography . 3. Travel , Medieval . I. Title . G93.124D86 2005 910'.917'67 — dc22 2004005791 Printed in the United States of America 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The paper used in this publication is both ...
... Empire — Biography . 3. Travel , Medieval . I. Title . G93.124D86 2005 910'.917'67 — dc22 2004005791 Printed in the United States of America 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The paper used in this publication is both ...
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... Black Sea to the plains of West Central Asia . He then , owing to fortuitous circum- stances , made a westward detour to visit Constantinople , capital of Venice Hurmuz Mecca Aden Kilwa 800 1000 the Byzantine Empire 1 Introduction.
... Black Sea to the plains of West Central Asia . He then , owing to fortuitous circum- stances , made a westward detour to visit Constantinople , capital of Venice Hurmuz Mecca Aden Kilwa 800 1000 the Byzantine Empire 1 Introduction.
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... Empire , in the company of a Turkish. Map 1 : Cities of Eurasia and Africa in the Fourteenth Century Bulghar New Saray . Granada Tunis Tangier Fez Timbuktu Karakorum Beijing Constantinople .Samarkand Tabriz Isfahan Hangzhou Baghdad ...
... Empire , in the company of a Turkish. Map 1 : Cities of Eurasia and Africa in the Fourteenth Century Bulghar New Saray . Granada Tunis Tangier Fez Timbuktu Karakorum Beijing Constantinople .Samarkand Tabriz Isfahan Hangzhou Baghdad ...
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A Muslim Traveler of the Fourteenth Century Ross E. Dunn. the Byzantine Empire , in the company of a Turkish princess . Returning to the Asian steppes , he traveled eastward through Transoxiana , Khurasan , and Afghanistan , arriving at ...
A Muslim Traveler of the Fourteenth Century Ross E. Dunn. the Byzantine Empire , in the company of a Turkish princess . Returning to the Asian steppes , he traveled eastward through Transoxiana , Khurasan , and Afghanistan , arriving at ...
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... empire as well . For the history of certain regions , Sudanic West Africa , Asia Minor , or the Malabar coast of India , for example , the Rihla stands as the only eye - witness report on political events , human geography , and social ...
... empire as well . For the history of certain regions , Sudanic West Africa , Asia Minor , or the Malabar coast of India , for example , the Rihla stands as the only eye - witness report on political events , human geography , and social ...
Contents
Tangier | 13 |
The Maghrib | 27 |
The Mamluks | 41 |
Mecca | 65 |
Persia and Iraq | 81 |
The Arabian Sea | 106 |
Anatolia | 137 |
The Steppe | 159 |
Malabar and the Maldives | 213 |
China | 241 |
Home | 266 |
Mali | 290 |
The Rihla | 310 |
Glossary | 321 |
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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 - 2005 |
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