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. 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. Ibn battuta 478 moroccan traveller who visited bengal in 46 ad. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel.
Ibnbattuta, travel geography, karst and the sacred underground. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle. The travels of ibn battuta available for download and read online in other formats. Battutas travels eventually took him through africa, southwest asia, and all the way to china, about 75,000 miles, and lasted three decades. Dunns book on ibn battuta and found it all quite fascinating and would like to read and english translation of the source material. The town of honavar or hinawr as ibn batuta calls it, was a big port and capital city in his time. Ibn battuta was born on february 25, 4 in tangier, morocco. By the age of 10 or 12 he would probably have known it off by heart. Ibn battuta rihla ibn battuta left tangier on his travels when he was 20 years old in 25. Ibn battuta has 46 books on goodreads with 8400 ratings. On a separate voyage he crossed the sahara to the muslim lands of west africa.
Abu abd allah muhammad ibn batutah, known as ibn battuta or sometimes battuta, was born to a berber family of islamic legal scholars in tangier, morocco. Ibn battuta morrio en marruecos en dalgun momentu ente 68 y 77. Ibn batuta states that he visited the tomb, and saw upon it an inscription tracing his pedigree up to hosain the son of ali. He asked ibn battuta to take shiploads of goods to the yuan emperor. He is known for the extent of his travels over 30 years, setting the record for distance journeyed by an individual. Abu abdullah muhammad ibn battuta, better known simply as ibn battuta 4 circa 77 ad was a berber muslim scholar and traveler, who. His family consisted of judges and scholars of islamic law. The rehla of ibn battuta india, maldive islands and ceylon translation and commentary gaekwads oriental series no 122. The rehla of ibn battuta india, maldive islands and ceylon translation and commentary gaekwads oriental series no 122 mahdi husain on. Ibn batuta is a saudibased online travel application that offers a convenient flights booking, hotel reservations and car rentals over the world. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want.
Abu abdallah ibn battuta has been rightly celebrated as the greatest traveler of premodern. When his epic journeys were complete, his adventures were dedicated to a young scholar of literature named ibn juzayy and recorded in a book titled the rihla. Who among the following is the author of kitaburrehla. Complete translations or representative selections. Abu abdullah muhammad ibn battuta, better known simply as ibn battuta 4circa 77 ad was a berber muslim scholar and traveler, who. Ibn battuta s book of travels, called rihla rehla, written in arabic, provides extremely rich and interesting details about the social and cultural life in the subcontinent in the fourteenth century.
It was summer and ibn battuta slept on the roof of the mans cell. Ibn battuta was a serial slave owner, master of numerous concubines, and author of the renowned book of travels rihla completed in 57. The full title of the book of his journeys is tuhfat alanzar fi gharaaib alamsar wa ajaaib alasfar a gift to those who contemplate the wonders of cities and the marvels of traveling, but it is commonly referred to as ibn battutas rihla rihla means journey. Between 24 and 54 he journeyed through north africa and asia minor and as far as china.
Pada 17 november 26, setelah sebulan lamanya berdiam di mekah, ibnu batutah bergabung dengan serombongan besar kafilah haji yang akan kembali ke irak melalui jalur lintas jazirah arab. Abu abdullah muhammad ibn battuta, mais conhecido simplesmente como ibn battuta entre 4 e 77 d. Of course ibn battuta asked for more money to take care of the tomb, not to mention money to repair his own home. The best known rihla manuscript is a masterpiece to those who contemplate the wonders of cities and the marvels of travelling. However, the inclusion of mansa musa on the map shown sitting on a throne, with gold accessories suggests that the legends of his wealth and power continued well after ibn battuta s time. His main reason to travel was to go on a hajj, or a pilgrimage to mecca, as all good muslims want to do.
An account from ibn battuta s ventures, muhammed bin tughluq was the first muslim king who raised his voice against this practice, stating that, the brahmans encourage and promote these gross errors and superstitions to which they are indebted for their wealth and consequence. The scholar wrote the accounts down and they became a famous travel book known as the rihla, which means journey. Sati, an account by ibn battuta indian islamic era. The king agreed to send him as an ambassador to china. Then, ibn battuta toured the islands on the south and east of india. Click download or read online button to get ibn battuta book now. In this lesson, well explore his journey across the islamic world in the 14th century. Ibn battuta was one of the great travelers in human history, and had a thirst for knowledge. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search.
Pdf the travels of ibn battuta download full pdf book. Life and travels of ibn battuta, world explorer and writer. At age 21, ibn battuta started his long exploration when he went on the hajj. Ibn battuta first went across north africa, to the great port alexandria in 26. Ibn battuta was commanded to dictate an account of the cities which he had seen in his travel, and of the interesting events which had clung to his memory, and that he should speak of those whom he had met of the rulers of countries, of their distinguished men of learning, and of their pious saints. Ibn battuta joined the royal caravan for a while, then turned north on the silk road to tabriz, the first major city in the region to open its gates to the mongols and by then an important trading centre as most of its nearby rivals had been razed by the mongol invaders. Hamilton alexander rosskeen gibb notes that ibn battuta believed that the great wall of china was built by dhulqarnayn to contain gog and magog as mentioned in the quran. Mogadishu in31 50s ibn battuta in 25, the young lawyer ibn battuta set out from his home in morocco on a pilgrimage to mecca. The travels of ibn battutah edited by tim mackintosh. Ibn battuta simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. It underscores the ubiquitous use of concubinage during the medieval islamic period. But his traveling went on for about 29 years and he covered about. World traveler leveled book s ibn battuta world traveler. A maulana sharafuddin ali yazid b amir timur c ibn i batuta d khwaja abdullah malik isami show answer ibn i batuta ibn batutta was an arab traveler and adventure frm morocoo.
He is known for his extensive travels, accounts of which were published in rehla journey in arabic, a part of which is devoted to his experiences of the indian life. Ibn battutah, the moroccan who journeyed for a quartercentury across asia and africa on the eve of the black death. Ibn battuta was a scholar and explorer who left his home at age 22 and roamed 75,000 miles across africa and asia during the. The purpose of his sojourn in bengal, as related by the traveller himself, was to pay a visit to a muslim saint of renown, shaykh jalaluddin hazrat shahjalal mujarradiyemeni, who had taken up his abode in the mountainous region of kamrupa. Later, i came across samuel lees travels of ibn batuta an english translation of an epitome of the rehla based on incomplete manuscripts. Ibn battuta was born in the port town of tangier, then an important debarkation point for travelers to gibraltar, beyond which lay alandalus, arab spain, by then reduced from its former extent to include only the brilliant but beleaguered kingdom of granada. There he had a dream of a large bird that carried him far eastward and left him there. Ibn battutas most popular book is the travels of ibn battutah. It was there at the instance of abu inan marini, the sultan of morocco, that ibn battuta dictated the experience of his journey to abu abdullah muhammad bin muhammad, commonly known as ibn juzayy, literary secretary of the sultan, who edited them in arabic as the rehla journal. Ibn battutas timeline 20 joined the haji 4 ibn battuta was born in tangier, morocco on the 24 th of february 22 met andronicus 25 visited mecca 41 met king mansa suleyman 51 farther died in battle of illness 69 ibn battuta died in fez, morocco of black death 11. Teaching idea create an overhead and make copies for students of instructional master 24, the empires of ghana, mali, and songhai. There are a couple options on amazon but im not sure what to look for in a good translation. The rehla of ibn batuta 2555 ce contributed by prof.
The rehla of ibn battuta download links read online on archive main page link on archive download page on archive. Ibn battutas rihla part 1 moroccan explorer ibn battuta is known for his extensive travels throughout the middle east, africa and asia. Such extravagance and high living pushed ibn battuta into debt eventually, but the generous sultan gave him more to pay his debts. Ibn battuta visited another saint who lived a quiet life of devotion in a town near alexandria. Ibn e batuta denied and was sent to china as an ambassador. Ibn battuta and his men drove them off, killing of the thieves. At age 21, ibn battuta set forth at a propitious time in history. The saint interpreted this to mean that ibn battuta would. The rehla of ibn battuta india, maldive islands and. After eight years, ibn battuta was eager to leave the court. King tughluq appointed him judge of delhi, but since ibn battuta did not speak persian, the language of the court, two scholars were appointed to do the work of hearing cases. Books by ibn battuta author of the travels of ibn battutah. His ship got destroyed during the travel and he was rescued.
His main reason to travel was to go on a hajj, or a pilgrimage to mecca, as all good muslims want to. Kafilah ini bertolak ke arah utara menuju madinah, kemudian meneruskan perjalanan pada malam hari ke arah timur laut, melintasi padang najd menuju najaf selama kurang lebih dua. Born in 4 in the moroccan city of tangier, he set out to perform his hajj as a young man of twentyone. The chapter considers the enslaved women belonging to abu abdallah muhammad ibn battuta 468 ce. Ibn battuta also wrote he had heard of the rampart of yajuj and majuj that was sixty days travel from the city of zeitun quanzhou. His travel account, written after his return home to tangier in 55, offers historians insight into social, political, economic and cultural context of the 14th century. Ibn battuta s education started with him learning to read, write and memorise the quran, the holy book of islam.
Ibn batuta helps the travelers to reduce the overall travel cost by offering best available rates including taxes and service fees. This ibn jaziyy himself asserts in the introduction where he compliments ibn battuta for his maturity, insight and understanding as a reliable and truthful traveler alshaykh, alfaqih, alsaleh althiqah alsaduq. Read download the travels of ibn battuta pdf pdf download. Ibn battuta 469 full name abu abdallah muhamad ibn abdallah ibn muhammad ibn ibrahim allawati moroccan travel writer and historian. As ibn battuta traveled to the court in delhi, 82 hindu bandits attacked his group of 22. Full text of the rehla of ibn battuta internet archive. Part i ibn battuta 469 was a moroccan explorer and occupies premier position among the writer of travelogues. Ibnu batutah wikipedia bahasa indonesia, ensiklopedia bebas. Dec 21, 2002 the travels of ibn battutahedited by tim mackintoshsmith 325pp, picador. This university, built in ad 1227, was there when ibn battuta visited baghdad, in what is now iraq. His book is a primary source of history of the region of muhmmad bin tughluq it throws ligh. World traveler ibn battuta level s 8 his pat too i throug the land o the turks presentday urkey and the ussian steppe grasslands. Sep 03, 2019 ibn battuta rihla pdf of the rehla had said, thib 1 i.
Propelled by the quest for adventure and knowledge, ibn battuta set out on this. Ibn batuta noticed there are thirteen schools for girls, and twentythree schools for boys, the like of. This is a yearlong pilgrimage that brings muslims closer to god. Ignoring the possible dangers, ibn battuta set off for india. Ibn battuta was a scholar and explorer who left his home at age 22 and roamed 75,000 miles across africa and asia during the 14th century. Essays and criticism on ibn battuta critical essays. Nazeer ahmed, phd ibn batuta embodies the universal spirit of humankind to explore, learn, document and teach. Download pdf the travels of ibn battuta book full free. The sultan was famous for granting favors, but he could also be cruel and unpredictable. On his return ibn battuta again visited famous places and reached makkah to perform hajj for the 4 th time. Ibn battuta rihla pdf of the rehla had said, thib 1 i. Ibn battuta s most popular book is the travels of ibn battutah. Since this map was made in 75, it did not exist yet when ibn battuta went to mali.
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