Author
Ibn Batuta, 1304-1377, author
Publication Date
1855
Publication Place
[Place of publication not identified] -
Type
Book
Language
English
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
476
Physical Dimensions
1 online resource (xxxii, 476 pages) : digital, PDF file(s), data file
Library
University of Wisconsin–Madison Libraries
Library Asset ID
9781139176293, 9781108044103, 9781108044103
Record ID
9913898592002121
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... 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'. Show More
Katkıda Bulunanlar
Defrémery, C., editor, translator, Sanguinetti, B. R. (Beniamino Raffaello), 1811-1883, editor, translator
Dizi
Cambridge library collection. Medieval history