Author
Ibn Batuta | 1304-1377 | Verfasser, Defrémery, Charles | 1822-1883 | GND-ID: (DE-588)115757419X, Sanguinetti, B. R. | 1811-1883
Publication Date
1853
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
443
Physical Dimensions
1 online resource (lii, 443 pages)
Library
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
Library Asset ID
BV043910465
Record ID
991071483299707356
Library Location
Available Online
Date
1853
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 as part of the 'Collection d'ouvrages orientaux' of the French Société Asiatique. 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 1, he describes his departure from Tangier, and his journey via Tunis to Egypt, where he travelled to Cairo, planning to reach a Red Sea port and sail to Arabia. The route was closed, so he returned to Cairo and travelled from there to Damascus, taking in the holy places of Palestine en route. Having finally reached Medina and Mecca, he decided to travel on, to Najaf (in present-day Iraq)
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