Author
Ibn Batuta, 1304-1377, author Author info »
Author Original
Defrémery, C., editor, translator Sanguinetti, B. R. (Beniamino Raffaello), 1811-1883, editor, translator
Publication Date
1855
Publication Place
Place of publication not identified -
publisher not identified
Subject
Muslims > Travel > Early works to 1800. Voyages and travels > Early works to 1800. Travelers > Islamic Empire > Early works to 1800. Asia > Description and travel > Early works to 1800. Africa > Description and travel > Early works to 1800.
Type
kitap
Language
ara,eng,fra
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
476
Physical Dimensions
1 online resource (xxxii, 476 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Library
The Cornell University Library
Library Asset ID
9781139176293 (ebook)
Record ID
15979004
Library Location
Cornell University Library
Date
1855
Sample Text
This four-volume edition of the Arabic text of the Journey of the Moroccan traveller Ibn Battuta (1304-68/9), with a French translation, was published in 1853-8. In 1325, Ibn Battuta, who came from a family of Islamic jurists in Tangier, set out to make the pilgrimage to Mecca - the beginning of a journey that would last for twenty-four years and take him as far as China. In Volume 3, having decided to visit the court of the Turkic sultan Muhammad bin Tughluq at Delhi, he travels via Bukhara and Samarkand to Afghanistan and then across the Hindu Kush into India. At Delhi, he was given the post of Judge by the sultan, and he stayed at the court for six years. He provides a history of the kingdom of Delhi and an account of Tughluq's reign, describing both his wisdom and generosity and his 'acts of violence and criminal deeds'.
Diğer biçim
Print version: ISBN: 9781108044103
Seri
Cambridge library collection. Medieval history.
