The true story of a fourteenth-century traveler, whose journeys through the Islamic world and beyond were extraordinary for his time.

In 1325, when Ibn Battuta was just twenty-one, he bid…

A l'origine simple pelerin berbere, musulman coutumier, Ibn Battuta profite de la place occupee par l'Islam et la langue arabe qui faciliterent grandement ses deplacements. Il profite egalement du developpement…

An important document about Black Africa written by a non-European medieval historian. He wrote disapprovingly of sexual integration in families and of hostility toward the white man. His description is…

He journeyed farther than his near contemporary Marco Polo, though Muslim scholar Ibn Battuta (1304-c. 1377) is barely remembered at all compared to that legendary traveler. But Battuta’s story is…

Ibn Battuta was one of the world’s truly great travellers. His al-rihla or Travelogue is a fascinating mosaic of mysticism and reportage offering a prototype magic realism. This title discusses…

Ibn Battuta was one of the world’s truly great travellers. His al-rihla or Travelogue is a fascinating mosaic of mysticism and reportage offering a prototype magic realism. This title discusses…

Ross Dunn here recounts the great traveler’s remarkable career, interpreting it within the cultural and social context of Islamic society and giving the reader both a biography of an extraordinary…