Dunns book on ibn battuta and found it all quite fascinating and would like to read and english translation of the source material. But battuta s story is just as fascinating, as this 1829 translation of his diaries, by british orientalist rev. The ruler of morocco wanted a record of ibn battuta s travels and insisted that he tell the stories of his journeys to a scholar. Write a postcard home to your family describing your experiences at one of the places you visited. Part 3 an age of accelerating connections 5001500 chapter 8. Ibn battuta set out for the city of mecca and expected to be gone for a little over two years, maybe three if he took his time. In 25, at the age of twentyone, abu abdallah ibn battuta set off from his birth place of tangier, morocco, to go on a pilgrimage hajj to mecca. 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. The chapter on anatolia provides a brief history of the. The adventures of ibn battuta a muslim traveler of the fourteenth century book chapter summary. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. 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. World history bulletin when a tradition speaks for itself we most effectively perceive what it is about. Abdallah ibn battuta was one of the most celebrated of.
Unaithorized duplication is strictly prohibited and subject to jpogichannel1s angerness. Social studies make a timeline of ibn battuta s travels, including at least five events and their locations. After eight years, ibn battuta was eager to leave the court. The men in ibn battutas family were legal scholars and he was raised with a focus on education. Ibn battuta books list of books by author ibn battuta. Battutas travels eventually took him through africa, southwest asia, and all the way to china, about 75,000 miles, and lasted three decades. Ibn battuta was born in the 14th century in what is modernday morocco. The journey of ibn battuta, 2554 reprint by james rumford, james rumford isbn. Ibn battuta, one of the greatest travelers of all time. Search the history of over 424 billion web pages on the internet. His family belonged to a berber tribe known as the lawata. After all, he was just a traveler with little formal education. Ibn battutah describes each place in great detail and you feel as though are in his shoes.
His book, like many travel accounts, melded his own experience with that of earlier travelers and his own experiences with hearsay from people he met on the road. The travels is a medieval book which recounts the journey of the 14thcentury moroccan scholar and traveler ibn battuta. Ibn battuta, the famous traveler and jurist from morocco, was a guest at his court and wrote about his suzerainty in his book. The adventures of ibn battuta goodreads share book. Its close to the strait of gibraltar where africa and europe almost meet. The king agreed to send him as an ambassador to china. In order to provide a comprehensive description of places in the muslim world, ibn battuta probably relied on hearsay evidence and made extensive use of accounts by earlier travelers. The significance of his travels have changed different parts of the world very dearly. Propelled by the quest for adventure and knowledge, ibn battuta set out on this. In the 14th century, the moroccan wanderer ibn battuta allegedly spent nearly 30 years traveling some 75,000 miles across africa, the middle east, india and southeast asia. On the order of a king he made written all that information in his great travel book safarnama. This was a time when the fastest way to travel was by ship, if you were lucky.
This is a very good introduction to ibn battuta for the student of african history. The adventures of ibn battuta a muslim traveler of the. Abdalla ibn battuta 454 has been celebrated as one of the greatest travelers of premodern times. The rihla, or travel book, of abu abdallah ibn battuta, a maghrebi who left his native tangier in 25 to make the hajj to mecca and who then continued travelling through the east as far as china for twenty four years before returning to morocco in 49, has justly become famous as one of the most important works of travel uterature short. 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. Battuta definition is the beat of a musical composition.
Working with an andalusian scholar named ibn juzayy, ibn battuta worked on this manuscript from 54 to55. Ibn battuta 469 full name abu abdallah muhamad ibn abdallah ibn muhammad ibn ibrahim allawati moroccan travel writer and historian. We stayed one night in the island mombassa, and then pursued our journey to kulwa, which is a large town on the coast. The adventures of ibn battuta, a muslim traveler of the. Battuta definition of battuta by the free dictionary. That is why finding appropriate original sources is one of the most important and difficult tasks of teaching world history. The scholar wrote the accounts down and they became a famous travel book known as the rihla, which means journey. Tim mackintosh smith has done a great job with this book especially with the notes section at the back that explains a lot of things even further. The amazing travels of ibn battuta sharafeddine, fatima, ali, intelaq mohammed on. It was almost thirty years before his travels ended, and by that time he had visited. The renowned voyages of the 14th century moroccanborn traveller ibn battuta began with the hajj, a pilgrimage to be undertaken by all muslims at least once in their lifetimes during the twelfth month of the year, dhu alhijjah. Ibn battuta in black africa markus wiener publishers. Full text of the rehla of ibn battuta internet archive. In 25, an african explorer named ibn battuta began a journey of tens of thousands of.
World traveler leveled book s ibn battuta world traveler. Ibn battuta s claim that a maghrebian called abul barakat the berber converted the maldives to islam is contradicted by an entirely different story which says that the maldives were converted to islam after miracles were performed by a tabrizi named maulana shaikh yusuf shamsuddin according to the tarikh, the official history of the maldives. It offers extensive background information and is an approachable introduction to the world of classical islam as well as a lively and entertaining travel narrative. Muhammad ascended to the delhi throne upon his fathers death in 25. The book is not a lengthy one it can be easily read in an evening, but it is full of useful information in the introduction and notes on battuta s text. A rihla is a type of literature that focuses on religious pilgrimages.
The book was dictated to ibn juzayy on orders from the marinid sultan abu inan faris who was impressed by the story and travels of ibn battuta. 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. A muslim traveler of the fourteenth century by ross e. During his whole journey, ibn e battuta gathered valuable information about the world.
Maybe ibn battuta exaggerated his own importance to people he met. Ibn battuta visits kilwa as illustration of ibn battuta s visit to kilwa some old pictures of kilwa. Under the arches of the great mosque of kilwa ibn battuta and the sultan prayed. The book s actual title is a gift to those who contemplate the wonders of cities and the marvels of traveling introduction, 1.
Ibn battuta was born in tangier, part of modernday morocco, in 4. 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. So using the rihla as spine, ross e dunn has fleshed out this book by providing the history of each city that ibn battuta visited. Ibn battutas memoir on tughlaq dynasty the full name of ibn battuta was muhammad ibn battuta a moroccan muslim voyage. Ibn battuta in black africa is a delightful discovery. This port city on the coast of the atlantic ocean lies 45 miles west of the mediterranean sea. Of all medieval travel writers, including marco polo, only ibn battuta penetrated deep into black africa and provided unique documentation as well as a highly personal report of private lives and morals, religion and scholarship, and trade and government in east and west africa. You must there are over 200,000 words in our free online dictionary, but you are looking for one thats only in the merriamwebster unabridged dictionary. See all books authored by ibn battuta, including ibn batutta in black africa, and amazing adventures of ibn battuta, and more on. Essays and criticism on ibn battuta critical essays. Connections world traveler ibn battuta a reading a z level s leveled book. Ibn battuta in black africa is a welledited collection of battuta s travels in subsaharan africa. Battuta kept no journal on his travels and his rihla was composed from memory and embellished upon by the scholar ibn juzay al kalbi l.
This book is dedicated to all the people of the world that have interests in the life of ibn battuta and his voyages. Ibn juzayy finished the book and battuta probably did not even read the final version. Dunn recounts the journey rihla of ibn battuta throughout the islamic world. Ibn battuta and his men drove them off, killing of the thieves. Today, ibn battuta has both a crater on the moon and the tangier airport named after himboth fitting homages for one of history s greatestever travelers. Side trips side trips will give you some historical background about places ibn battuta visited and will introduce broader world history themes to help you interpret the rihla as an historian. He was born on february 25, 4 in medieval era in islamic family. Full text of the rehla of ibn battuta see other formats. It is questionable whether ibn battuta visited all the places that he described.
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