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Abu abdullah muhammad ibn battuta, better known simply as ibn battuta 4circa 77 ad was a berber muslim scholar and traveler, who was born in tangier, morocco. To fill in gaps in ibn battutas descriptions, ibn juzayy borrowed descriptions of mecca, medina and damascus from a twelfth century traveler named ibn jubayr, and perhaps descriptions of other places from other travelers, too. The travels of ibn battuta dover books on travel, adventure. Abu abdullah muhammad ibn battuta project gutenberg self. Feb 25, 2005 buy the travels of ibn battuta dover books on travel, adventure by ibn battuta isbn. Cambridge core middle east history the travels of ibn batuta by ibn batuta. X6rgquvpbyg3 book the amazing travels of ibn battuta download ebook the amazing travels of ibn battuta pgw, 2014. Ibn battutah, the moroccan who journeyed for a quartercentury across asia. He is considered one of the greatest travelers of all time, and is well known for the account of his travels and excursions.
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But battutas story is just as fascinating, as this 1829 translation of his diaries, by british orientalist rev. Volume iii ended with ibn battutas appointment by the sultan of delhi to accompany an embassy to china. The travels of ibn battuta ebook by ibn battuta 9780486123042. The only medieval traveler known to have visited the lands of every muslim ruler of his time, ibn battuta was born into a family of highly respected religious judges and educated as a.
The governor of one city gave him alms gifts of gold and woolen cloth. Lee the travels of ibn battuta in the near east, asia and africa, 2554 por ibn battuta disponible en rakuten kobo. He was appointed a judge in morocco and died in 68 or 69. Click download or read online button to get ibn battuta book now. See all books authored by ibn battuta, including ibn batutta in black africa, and amazing adventures of ibn battuta, and more on. Sep 28, 2018 ibn battuta recounted tales of his travels throughout his voyage and when he returned home, but it was not until his association with ibn jazayy that the stories were committed to formal writing.
Click download or read online button to get the adventures of ibn battuta book now. Click the appropriate button to start searching the book to get it in the format you are interested in. In this book he recalls his amazing journey and the fascinating people, cultures and places he encountered. Along the way, ibn battuta stayed at madrassas religious schools. After his pilgrimage to mecca, ibn battuta was filled. The travels of ibn battutah edited by tim makintoshsmith reads as an edited version but with the advantage of efforts to get the story in its best order and notations the best guess is that he was on the road, or at sea for about 30 years and logged about 75,000 miles.
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The travels of ibn battuta by ibn battuta overdrive. In this lesson, well explore his journey across the islamic world in the 14th century. All that is known about ibn battutas life comes from the autobiographical information included in the account of his travels, which records that he was of berber descent, born into a family of islamic legal scholars in tangier, morocco, on 25 february 4, during the reign of the marinid dynasty. Ibn battuta has 46 books on goodreads with 8354 ratings. Ibn battuta started on his travels in 25, when he was 20 years old. Buy the travels of ibn battutah macmillan collectors library reprints by battutah, ibn, mackintoshsmith, tim isbn. The arab equivalent of marco polo, sheikh ibn battuta 477 set out as a young man on a pilgrimage to mecca that end. He crossed the continent africa and reached cairo the capital of egypt. Buy the travels of ibn battuta dover books on travel, adventure book online at best prices in india on. Between 24 and 54 he journeyed through north africa and asia minor and as far as china. The amazing travels of ibn battuta house of anansi press. In writing his rihla or book of travels at the behest of sultan abu inan, the marinid ruler of morocco, ibn battuta was aided by ibn.
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The full title of the book of his journeys is tuhfat alanzar fi gharaaib. His main reason to travel was to go on a hajj, or a pilgrimage to mecca, to fulfill the fifth pillar of isla. Life and travels of ibn battuta, world explorer and writer. A virtual tour began as a web resource written in 1999 by nick bartel for his students at horace mann middle school, san francisco, california. Books by ibn battuta author of the travels of ibn battutah. Dec 21, 2002 the travels of ibn battutahedited by tim mackintoshsmith 325pp, picador. To fill in gaps in ibn battuta s descriptions, ibn juzayy borrowed descriptions of mecca, medina and damascus from a twelfth century traveler named ibn jubayr, and perhaps descriptions of other places from other travelers, too. No other medieval traveler is known to have journeyed so extensively. Books download the travels of ibn battutah ebook in epub, mobi and pdf format just make click on. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Ibn battuta was one of the great travelers in human history, and had a thirst for knowledge.
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