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| Title: | The adventures of Ibn Battuta: a Muslim traveler of the 14th century |
| Author: | Dunn, Ross E. |
| Year: | 1986 |
| Pages: | 357 |
| Language: | English |
| City of publisher: | London |
| Publisher: | Croom Helm |
| ISBN: | 0709908113 |
| Geographic terms: | Islamic countries Morocco |
| Subjects: | expeditions 1300-1399 biographies (form) |
| About person: | Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad b. 'Abd Allah Ibn Battuta (1304-1369) |
| Abstract: | The famous Moroccan traveler Abu 'Abdallah ibn Battuta (1304-1368) not only toured the central regions of Islam but also its far frontiers in India, Indonesia, Central Asia, East Africa, and the West African Sudan. At the end of his career he wrote the 'Rihla' or book of travels, part autobiography and part descriptive compendium. The author offers an interpretation of his life and times. |