The Adventures of Ibn Battuta, a Muslim Traveler of the Fourteenth CenturyKnown as the greatest traveler of premodern times, Abu Abdallah ibn Battuta was born in Morocco in 1304 and educated in Islamic law. At the age of twenty-one, he left home to make the holy pilgrimage to Mecca. This was only the first of a series of extraordinary journeys that spanned nearly three decades and took him not only eastward to India and China but also north to the Volga River valley and south to Tanzania. The narrative of these travels has been known to specialists in Islamic and medieval history for years. Ross E. Dunn's retelling of these tales, however, is the first work of scholarship to make the legendary traveler's story accessible to a general audience. |
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Review: The Adventures of Ibn Battuta: A Muslim Traveler of the Fourteenth Century, Revised Edition, with a New Preface
User Review - Austin - GoodreadsA clear study of Ibn Battuta's travelogue for the non-specialist. It's most accurate to call it an abridgement of the travels with commentary, with context about the medieval world of the time. The ... Read full review
Review: The Adventures of Ibn Battuta: A Muslim Traveler of the Fourteenth Century, Revised Edition, with a New Preface
User Review - Sarah - GoodreadsThis was just boring, and even though I got pretty far into it, it wasn't written with enough panache to keep me going, especially when I think of all the other books I have yet to read. Read full review
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| Title | The Adventures of Ibn Battuta, a Muslim Traveler of the Fourteenth Century |
| Author | Ross E. Dunn |
| Publisher | University of California Press, 1986 |
| ISBN | 0520057716, 9780520057715 |
| Length | 357 pages |
| Subjects | › History / Medieval |
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