All that is known about ibn battuta s 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 24 february 4, during the reign of the marinid dynasty. Read the travels of ibn battutah online, read in mobile or kindle. These books, except for the first, do not follow closely the real travels of ibn battuta, but go off into fantasy adventures. I left tangier, my birthplace, on thursday, 2nd rajab 725 june 14, 25, being at that time twentytwo.
Ibn battuta was a 14th century muslim scholar who became one of the greatest travelers of all time when he embarked on a journey across the islamic world, guided by a desire for knowledge and an. He was known for his traveling and undertaking excursions called the rihla. Report of the proceedings of the first general meeting of the subscribers to the oriental translation fund. No other medieval traveler is known to have journeyed so.
It was one of several large online resource units nick constructed during the early days of curriculum on the internet. The trip by land from tangier to mecca was a 3,000 mile journey across the coastal plains, deserts, and mountains of mediterranean africa. His journeys lasted for a period of almost thirty years, covering nearly the whole of the known islamic world and beyond. Travels in asia and africa 2554 here begins ibn battuta s travels p. Read download the travels of ibn battuta pdf pdf download.
The travels of ibn battuta 9780486437651, 9780486123042. On his return to morocco, where he finally settled, ibn buttuta had visited territories that now make up 44 countries and travelled 73,000 miles. Buy the travels of ibn battuta dover books on travel. Download the travels of ibn battuta in pdf and epub formats for free. 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. Pdf the travels of ibn battutah download ebook for free. Read the travels of ibn battuta, by ibn battuta online on bookmate in 26, ibn battuta began. Kop the travels of ibn battuta, ad 2554 av h a r gibb, c f beckingham, ibn batuta pa. The sheikh ibn batuta, the author of these travels, left his native city, tanjiers, for the purpose of performing the pilgrimage in the 725th year of the hejira a. Lee the travels of ibn battuta in the near east, asia and africa, 2554 por ibn battuta disponible en rakuten kobo. He is considered one of the greatest travelers of all time, and is well known for the account of his travels and excursions. On completing his first hajj he continued travelling. Read the travels of ibn battuta in the near east, asia and africa, 2554 by ibn battuta available from rakuten kobo.
Click download or read online button to get ibn battuta book now. One of the most fascinating travel books of all time times literary supplement he could not have been more modern if he had been born in the twentieth century evening standard ibn battuta was the only medieval traveller who is known to have visited the lands of every muhammadan ruler of his time and the extent of his journeys is estimated to be at least 75, 000 miles. 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. Even though the journey was dangerous, pious muslim.
The travels of ibn battuta by ibn battuta and publisher dover publications. The travels of ibn battutah by ibn battuta goodreads. The travels of ibn battuta by ibn battuta overdrive rakuten. Dec 21, 2002 the travels of ibn battutahedited by tim mackintoshsmith 325pp, picador. Nov 14, 2019 the account of the travels of the muslim legal scholar ibn battuta in the first half of the 14th century reveals the wide scope of the muslim world at that time. The adventures of ibn battuta download ebook pdf, epub. Click download or read online button to get the travels of ibn battuta book now. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want.
Download free voyages dibn batoutah by ibn batuta epub, mobi, pdf, txt. Life and travels of ibn battuta, world explorer and writer. His work presents a descriptive account of muhammadan society in the second quarter of the fourteenth century, which illustrates, among other things. 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. The arab equivalent of marco polo, sheikh ibn battuta 477 set out as a young man on a pilgrimage to mecca that ended 27 years and 75000 miles later. Voyages dibn batoutah download free ebooks epub, mobi, pdf. Ibn battuta ethnographer, occasional botanist, anecdotal historian and biographer was only twentyone years old when he left his native tangier in 25 on pilgrimage to mecca. Between 24 and 54 he journeyed through north africa and asia minor and as far as china. 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. This is a list of places visited by ibn battuta in the years 2553. Download the travels of ibn battutah ebook free in pdf and epub format.
Read unlimited books and audiobooks on the web, ipad, iphone and android. He did not return to morocco for twentynine years, traveling instead more than forty countries on the modern plan, seventyfive thousand miles and getting north to the volga, as far as china and to. The only medieval traveler known to have visited the lands of every muslim ruler of his time, ibn. Check out these great titles without spending a dime. Abu abdullah muhammad ibn battuta was a moroccan muslim scholar and traveler. Amazing adventures of ibn battuta and ibn battuta in the valley of doom and the travels of ibn battuta and others, by durke, astrolabe pictures muslim heroes series. He crossed the continent africa and reached cairo the capital of egypt. Ibn battuta travels to egypt, syria and arabia at the age of 21, ibn battuta left tangier to make the hajj.
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