![]() ![]() The paper asserts that reading 'The Travels of Ibn Battuta' indicates that just as American culture dominates the modern world because of. A great insight of the days when Islam was a strong living tradition far spread around the world. Description: The paper looks at how Ibn Battutas descriptions of his travel experiences between 13 reveal that the 14th Century world was greatly influenced by Islamic civilization and culture. : The travels of ibn battuta: in the near east, asia and africa, 1325-1354 (dover books on travel, adventure) (9780486437651) : Ibn. by Abu Abdalla ibn Battuta THE LITERARY WORK A travel narrative set in East Africa from 1329 to 1331 and in West Africa from 1352 to 1354 part of a larger work written in Arabic (as Rihla) in 1355, republished as Voyages d’ibn Batoutah in 1893-95, excerpted and translated into English in 1975. Over a period of thirty years, Ibn Battuta visited most of the known Islamic world as well as many non-Muslim lands. (Translated by Samuel Lee.) Read in English by volunteer readers. He is considered one of the greatest travelers of all time, and is well known for the account of his travels and excursions. LibriVox recording of The Travels of Ibn Batuta by Ibn Battuta. During his 29 years of travel, he covered 120,000 km. Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta, better known simply as Ibn Battuta (1304-circa 1377 AD) was a Berber Muslim scholar and traveler, who was born in Tangier, Morocco. Later he went to Spain, then to Morocco, and from here he crossed the Sahara to visit Timbuktu and the River Niger. But his traveling went on for around 29 years and he covered about 75,000 miles visiting the equivalent of 44 modern countries which were then mostly under the governments of Muslim leaders of the World of Islam, or 'Dar al-Islam'. His main reason to travel was to go on a Hajj, or a Pilgrimage to Mecca, to fulfill the fifth pillar of Isla. With this edition by Mackintosh-Smith, Battutas Travels takes its place alongside other indestructible masterpieces of the travel-writing genre. ![]() Ibn Batuta visited the Maldives, the Malabar coast, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), and Sumatra. There is a lot that we know about the life of Ibn Battuta, but one of the things we know very little is his upbringing. Ibn Battuta started on his travels in 1325, when he was 20 years old. He made a journey by way of Samarkand to India, where he resided for almost eight years at the court of the sultan of Delhi, who sent him to China as one of his ambassadors. Afterward he visited Persia, Mesopotamia, and Asia Minor. In 30 years (from 1325), Ibn Batuta traveled overland in North Africa and Syria to make the pilgrimage to Mecca. No other medieval traveler is known to have journeyed so extensively. This book provides a descriptive account of Muslim society in the second quarter of the 14th century. Of the multitude of histories and and biographies of Medieval Islam there is no book more instinct with life than that of Ibn Battuta. ![]()
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