Muslim explorer and writer WRITTEN BY Ivan Hrbek Staff member, Oriental Institute, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague, 1953–92. Author of “The Chronology of Ibn Battute’s Travels” in Archiv Orientalni.Last Updated: Feb 20, […]
Ibn Battuta Arrives in China Ibn Battuta Arrives in China Having sailed for forty days, Ibn Battuta finally reached the busy port of Quanzhou on the shore of Fujian Province. He was amazed at what he saw and learned that silk is being used as clothing even by less fortunate […]
Words: Juber Ahmed Muslim travellers were leading pioneers in broadening their horizons [through travel] not only because they desired to travel, but also because they had a religious incentive behind […]
The Abode of Islam During the life of Ibn Battuta (sometimes spelled Battutah), Islamic civilization stretched from the Atlantic coast of West Africa across northern Africa, the Middle East, […]
History Stories By Evan Andrews // July 20, 2017 Explorer Ibn Battuta on horseback. Behind him, a map of his journey. (Credit: INTERFOTO/Alamy Stock Photo) The title of “history’s most […]
The Travels of Ibn Battuta A Virtual Tour with the 14th Century Traveler GALLERY | SIDE TRIPS | RESOURCES | ABOUT 1 MOROCCO ACROSS NORTH AFRICA (1325) CAIRO, EGYPT (1326) 2 ON TO SYRIA AND PALESTINE (1326) THE HAJJ: MEDINA TO MECCA (1326) 3 PERSIA AND IRAQ (1326 – 1327) […]
Ibn Battuta From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia SOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Battuta#China Ibn Battuta Native name أبو عبد الله محمد بن عبد الله اللواتي الطنجي بن بطوطة Born February 25, 1304 Tangier, Morocco […]
ABU TARIQ HIJAZI ARABNEWS Friday 17 May 2013 Shamsuddin Mohammed, “Ibn Battuta”, the great Muslim adventurer of Morocco, was born on 17th of Rajab 703 AH (corresponding to Feb. 24, […]
Written by Douglas Bullis http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200004/the.longest.hajj.the.journeys.of.ibn.battuta-editor.s.note.htm Despite his travels and his book, Ibn Battuta was not a travel writer in the modern sense. Four things can help us today understand what we read about his experiences between 1325 and 1354. First, though the book is commonly referred to as “the Rihla,” […]