Summary of Ibn Battuta's The Travels of Ibn Battuta

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#1 The passage in question is found in Psalmanazar’s Essays, which were written by a layman in town. The place is the following: Hic populi numerosi habitavere Gergesæi, Jebusæi, et alii habentes nomina Hebraeis voluminibus memorata.

#2 The author of these travels, the Sheikh Ibn Batuta, was a Muslim who traveled to many countries and regions in the 1324-5 AD. He visited the city of Tanjiers, and wrote the following verses on it: May showers enrich thy happy soil, fair land, where fanes and towers arise.

#3 The next city was that of oKābis, and the next pTarābulus. Ibn Batūta then traveled to qMeslāta and rMesurāta, and sKasūra Suit. He passed the tlow grounds, and went to the palace of uBarsīs the devotee.

#4 The Arabian geographers divide Northern Africa into three parts, as given by Abu-Feda in the following extract. The regions of the west consist of three divisions: the most western is known as the Extreme West. This part extends from the shores of the ocean to Tilimsan, considered in an east or west direction.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 12, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822514959

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Insights on Ibn Battuta's The Travels of Ibn Battuta

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 18

Insights from Chapter 19

Insights from Chapter 20

Insights from Chapter 21

Insights from Chapter 22

Insights from Chapter 23

Insights from Chapter 24

Insights from Chapter 25

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The passage in question is found in Psalmanazar’s Essays, which were written by a layman in town. The place is the following: Hic populi numerosi habitavere Gergesæi, Jebusæi, et alii habentes nomina Hebraeis voluminibus memorata.

#2

The author of these travels, the Sheikh Ibn Batuta, was a Muslim who traveled to many countries and regions in the 1324-5 AD. He visited the city of Tanjiers, and wrote the following verses on it: May showers enrich thy happy soil, fair land, where fanes and towers arise.

#3

The next city was that of oKābis, and the next pTarābulus. Ibn Batūta then traveled to qMeslāta and rMesurāta, and sKasūra Suit. He passed the tlow grounds, and went to the palace of uBarsīs the devotee.

#4

The Arabian geographers divide Northern Africa into three parts, as given by Abu-Feda in the following extract. The regions of the west consist of three divisions: the most western is known as the Extreme West. This part extends from the shores of the ocean to Tilimsan, considered in an east or west direction.

#5

The city of Tūnis is in Africa, near the shore of the western sea. It was built from the ruins of Carthage, which is two miles from it. It has a station for ships from all parts.

#6

The island of Sicily has a volcano that periodically emits smoke and fire. It is said that there is a similar mountain in Fargana that burns stones, the ashes of which are sold for three ounces for the dirham.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

There was a man named Borhana Oddin El Aaraj in Alexandria who had the power of working miracles. I went to see him, and he told me that I should visit his brother Farid Oddin in India, his brother Rokn Oddin in Sindia, and his brother Borhan Oddin in China.

#2

I visited the city of Alexandria and met the Sheikh Abu Abd Allah El Murshidī. He provided me with some cakes and dirhems, and I farewelled him. I experienced nothing but good fortune since I