Medieval travelers benjamin of tudela and ibn battuta. Ibn jubayr is famous for his book of travel, rihla, based upon his first. Sep 16, 2017 the travels of ibn battuta, ibn battuta the silk roads. Ibn battuta has 47 books on goodreads with 8625 ratings. His main reason to travel was to go on a hajj, or a pilgrimage to mecca, to fulfill the fifth pillar of isla 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 alislam. Abu abdullah muhammad ibn battuta project gutenberg self. It was one of several large online resource units nick constructed during the early days of curriculum on the internet. Benjamin franklin im having a strong urge to buy a feather quill pen. It was thirty years before he returned home, having seen much of the world.
Embarking upon what would eventually be a 27year pilgrimage, battuta traveled through east africa, the middle east, india, china, and beyond, bringing him to most of the 14thcentury islamic world. Dec 17, 2004 the travels of ibn battuta by ibn battuta, 9780486437651, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Ibn battuta was born in the 14th century in what is modernday morocco. In this book he recalls his amazing journey and the fascinating people, cultures and places he encountered. In the course of 29 years, he travelled across the eastern hemisphere for a total distance of roughly 116,800 km and he visited regions which today comprise 44 modern countries. This volume completes the translation of ibn battutas narrative.
Travel insights from ibn battuta, the prolific medieval traveller who. Written by alhassan ibnmohammed alwezaz alfasi, a moor, baptised as. Jun 06, 2003 buy the travels of ibn battutah macmillan collectors library reprints by battutah, ibn, mackintoshsmith, tim isbn. Ibn battutah was just 21 when he set out in 25 from. We are a fullservice travel agency, catering to everyone from backpackers to luxury travelers.
But battuta s story is just as fascinating, as this 1829 translation of his diaries, by british orientalist rev. French text from defremery and sanguinetti 18531858 with an introduction and footnotes by stephane yerasimos published in 1982. Ibn battutas most popular book is the travels of ibn battutah. Click download or read online button to the travels of ibn battuta book pdf for free now. The journeys of ibn battuta saudi aramco world article by douglas bullis julyaugust 2000. Published by hakluyt society cambridge university press 1971. After ibn battuta returned to fez in 54, the sultan of morocco listened to his report on mali. The travels of ibn battuta download the travels of ibn battuta ebook pdf or read online books in pdf, epub, and mobi format. He was appointed a judge in morocco and died in 68 or 69.
The amazing travels of ibn battuta house of anansi press. The governor of one city gave him alms gifts of gold and woolen cloth. Jul 24, 2014 all that is known about ibn battutas life comes from the autobiographical information included in the account of his travels. His engrossing account of that journey provides vivid scenes from morocco, southern russia, india, china, and elsewhere. May 15, 2017 ibn battuta was one of the bestknown muslim travelers of his time. 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. The travels and journals of ibn battuta hofstra people.
The travels of ibn batuta by ibn battuta read by various. Like the trip to mecca, giving alms is a pillar of islam. The journey of ibn battuta, 2554, published houghton mifflin. The travels of ibn battutah edited by tim mackintosh. He wanted to have these stories written down for the amusement of his family and others. Ibn battuta would have taken for granted what is often. Google books link to a 2004 reissue of gibbs 1929 translation. Ibn barun, abu ibrahim isaac ben joseph ibn benveniste.
Virtual travel with ibn battuta map of dar alislam high middle ages, middle. The book, the adventures of ibn battuta, is a very informative book about the travels of a muslim lawyer by the name of ibn battuta and the towns and cities that he traveled to. Ibn battuta was born into a family of islamic legal scholars in tangier, morocco, on february 25, 4, during the reign of the marinid dynasty. Download pdf thetravelsofibnbattuta free online new.
See all 10 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Feb 25, 2005 the other groundbreaking exponent was h. Marco polo, by comparison, covered a mere 15 000 miles in his famed th century journey to china. The adventures of ibn battuta, a muslim traveler of the. Gibb 1929 in his translationselection of the travels of ibn battuta. He also listened to ibn battuta s other adventures, and ordered him to stay in fez. After returning home from his travels in 54, and at the suggestion of the marinid ruler of morocco, abu inan faris, ibn battuta dictated an account in arabic of his journeys to ibn juzayy, a scholar whom he had previously met in granada. Portrait of ibn battuta on an interactive display in ibn battuta mall in dubai, united arab emirates. An excellent book by ross e dunn with vivid, clearly researched and referenced account of ibn battutas travels adventures and escapades through some of the. Tnt collaborative journal by tracy moore and teesha moore, nickel silver and white leather. Dunns book presents ibn battutas world not in isolation, but in a global context helping us better understand the world of 14th century. 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.
Rumford talked with seventh graders about his book traveling man. Travels from mecca to iraq, persia, arabia and east africa 3035 travels to anatolia, the black sea region, and the asian steep 3345 travels to india and ceylon. 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 25 february 4, during the reign of the marinid dynasty. Born into a family of legal scholars, ibn battuta is a privileged and educated man by the standards of his day. Ibn battutas next stop was tunis, the capital of tunisia. The full title of the book of his journeys is tuhfat alanzar fi gharaaib alamsar wa ajaaib alasfar. The level of the lakes has fluctuated benarieh 1965. His rihla book of travels, of which ibn battuta in black africa is an excerpt.
The travels of ibn battutah edited by tim mackintoshsmith 325pp, picador. Tunb tunb and little tonb as tunb nabiyu or tunb nabi nabinibn tunb. Dunn introduces the book with a brief synopsis of the14thcentury travels of abu abdallah ibn battuta, a young muslim scholar from tangier in morocco in northern africa. It is not surprising that this book was required reading in prof. This was a time when the fastest way to travel was by ship, if you were lucky. Buy the travels of ibn battuta dover books on travel, adventure book online at best prices in india on. In volume iv he describes his journey to the coast where he embarked near cambay and sailed to calicut.
Ibn battutah, the moroccan who journeyed for a quartercentury across asia and africa on the eve of the black death. Dec 21, 2002 the travels of ibn battutahedited by tim mackintoshsmith 325pp, picador. The travels of ibn battutah by ibn battuta goodreads. Volume iii ended with ibn battutas appointment by the sultan of delhi to accompany an embassy to china. William thackerays notes of a journey from cornhill to. Simon schamas book landscape and memory chronicles the toing andfroing. The travels of ibn battuta dover books on travel, adventure. Ibn battuta was one of the great geographers and explorers of the 14th century and his book travels of ibn battuta is a treasure trove for anyone wishing to know more about asian trading routes and hubs of this era and the people and cultures that populated and surrounded them. Along the way, ibn battuta stayed at madrassas religious schools. Working with ibn juzayy on the rihla in fez, morocco. He did not return to morocco until 49, by which time he had visited not only mecca, but also egypt, syria, persia, iraq, east africa, the yemen, anatolia, the steppelands of southern russia, constantinople, india, the maldives, sumatra, and china. He was born to a scholarly family, and he began his travels primarily for religious p.
The book discusses the many ways that the muslim world had influenced ibn battuta, even in the way that he was raised as a child. However, despite these points, i think the book has some rare insights into the geography, history and travel in the period ibn battuta ib lived. In 25, at the age of twentyone, ibn battuta set off from his native tangier on the hajj to mecca. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Battuta was a devout man whose long, meandering journey was.
Ibn battuta was a 14th century explorer during a time when. The travels of ibn battuta in the near east asia and africa 25 54. In 25, when ibn battuta was just twentyone, he bid farewell to his parents in tangier, morocco, and embarked on a pilgrimage to mecca. What makes this deuteronomy in particular fascinating is the appearance it provides into muslim society. He is considered one of the greatest travelers of all time, and is well known for the account of his travels and excursions.
A muslim traveler of the 14th century is historian ross dunns account of the world of islam in the 1400s as based on the contemporaneous book written about the journeys of ibn battuta, an educated legal scholar from tangier in morocco whose travels extend from sub. Analysis of three medieval muslim travel accounts cscanada. Ibn battuta started on his travels in 25, when he was 20 years old. It tells us practically nothing about ibn battutas private life, or of the several women he married on the way. 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 travels of ibn batuta by ibn battuta 4 68, translated by samuel lee 1783 1852 genres. Books by ibn battuta author of the travels of ibn battutah. Dec 09, 2004 known as the greatest traveler of premodern times, abu abdallah ibn battuta was born in morocco in 4 and educated in islamic law. So while this poem follows the broad itinerary of ibn battutas travels, its flavour, thoughts and intimate details are very much my creation. Chronology of the life and travels of abu abdullah ibn battuta 4 born tangier, north africa 2526 travels from tangiers to egypt, syria and arabia 2632 est. The travels of ibn battutah macmillan collectors library. Abu abdullah muhammad ibn battuta, better known simply as ibn battuta 4circa 77 ad was a berber muslim scholar and traveler, who was born in tangier, morocco. Dumbledores wizarding spellbook old book pages, old books. Ibn battutas travels made him a witness to a broad array of ancient cultures as he travelled through some 44 modernday countries.
The travels of ibn battuta by ibn battuta, paperback barnes. In 26, ibn battuta began a pilgrimage to mecca that ended 27 years and 75,000 miles later. Synopsis ibn battuta recounts his voyage to the east african coast, and a journey over. The account is the only source for ibn battutas adventures. Little is known about ibn battuta s life after completion of his rihla in 55. Imre solt introduction abu abdullah muhammad ibn battuta, better known by his surname ibn battuta, was a great medieval traveler and explorer. Buy the travels of ibn battuta dover books on travel. Volume iii hakluyt society, second series 141 gibb, h.
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