Format:
1 Online-Ressource (lii, 443 pages)
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digital, PDF file(s)
ISBN:
9781139176279
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection. Medieval history
Uniform Title:
Tuhfat al-nuzzar Selections
Content:
This four-volume edition of the Arabic text of the Journey of the Moroccan traveller Ibn Battuta (1304–68/9), with a French translation, was published in 1853–8 as part of the 'Collection d'ouvrages orientaux' of the French Société Asiatique. In 1325, Ibn Battuta, who came from a family of Islamic jurists in Tangier, set out to make the pilgrimage to Mecca - the beginning of a journey that would last for twenty-four years and take him as far as China. In Volume 1, he describes his departure from Tangier, and his journey via Tunis to Egypt, where he travelled to Cairo, planning to reach a Red Sea port and sail to Arabia. The route was closed, so he returned to Cairo and travelled from there to Damascus, taking in the holy places of Palestine en route. Having finally reached Medina and Mecca, he decided to travel on, to Najaf (in present-day Iraq)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781108044080
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781108044080
Language:
Arabic
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9781139176279
Author information:
Defrémery, Charles 1822-1883
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