Author
Ibn Batuta | 1304-1377 | Verfasser, Defrémery, Charles | 1822-1883 | GND-ID: (DE-588)115757419X, Sanguinetti, B. R. | 1811-1883
Publication Date
1854
Publication Place
Cambridge -
Cambridge University Press
Subject
Muslims / Travel / Early works to 1800, Voyages and travels / Early works to 1800, Travelers / Islamic Empire / Early works to 1800, Afrika, Asien, Asia / Description and travel / Early works to 1800, Africa / Description and travel / Early works to 1800
Type
Book
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
465
Physical Dimensions
1 online resource (xx, 465 pages)
Library
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
Library Asset ID
BV043909966
Record ID
991071473129707356
Library Location
Available Online
Date
1854
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 2, he leaves Najaf and heads for Persia, exploring Isfahan and Shiraz before returning to Baghdad. Next he goes north, as far as modern Turkey, before performing a second pilgrimage to Mecca. From Jeddah, he sails to Yemen and down the coast of Africa as far as modern-day Tanzania. After a third visit to Mecca he heads north as far as the Crimea and Astrakhan, whence he travels to Constantinople in the retinue of a Byzantine princess, before heading east again
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