{"product_id":"the-travels-of-ibn-bat-ta-with-notes-illustrative-of-the-history-geography-botany-antiquities-etc-occurring-throughout-the-work-paperback-9781108041973","title":"The Travels of Ibn Bat?ta; With Notes, Illustrative of the History, Geography, Botany, Antiquities, etc. Occurring throughout the Work (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108041973","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Travels of Ibn Bat?ta\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWith Notes, Illustrative of the History, Geography, Botany, Antiquities, etc. Occurring throughout the Work\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn 1829 English edition of the work of the medieval Arab traveller Ibn Battuta (1304–68\/9).\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eIbn Batuta (Author), Samuel Lee (Edited and translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108041973, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 16 February 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e270 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.4 x 17 x 1.4 cm, 0.44 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis English edition of the work of the Arab traveller usually known as Ibn Battuta (1304–68\/9) was translated by Rev. Samuel Lee (1783–1852), Professor of Arabic in the University of Cambridge, from 'the abridged Arabic manuscript copies, preserved in the Public Library of Cambridge', and published in 1829. Lee's work sparked widespread European interest in Ibn Battuta, who had set off from his native Morocco on a pilgrimage to Mecca in 1325, and kept travelling for the next twenty-four years, reaching as far east as China and as far south as Zanzibar, as well as visiting parts of Spain and the Byzantine Empire. On his return, he dictated an account of his travels; Lee translated an abridged version, but fuller versions were later discovered. There is doubt as to whether Ibn Battuta actually saw everything he described, but this account gives a fascinating world-view from the medieval period.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eDedication\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Tanjiers\u003cbr\u003e 2. Alexandria\u003cbr\u003e 3. Upper Egypt\u003cbr\u003e 4. Balb?s\u003cbr\u003e 5. Jerusalem\u003cbr\u003e 6. El Ar?s\u003cbr\u003e 7. Idhaj\u003cbr\u003e 8. El Hilla\u003cbr\u003e 9. Mecca\u003cbr\u003e 10. Hormuz\u003cbr\u003e 11. Anatolia\u003cbr\u003e 12. San?b\u003cbr\u003e 13. Fortress of Maht?l?\u003cbr\u003e 14. The River Sinde\u003cbr\u003e 15. Conquest of Dehli\u003cbr\u003e Appendix\u003cbr\u003e 16. Ibn Bat?ta arrives at the Queen Mother's Palace\u003cbr\u003e 17. Sent on an embassy to China\u003cbr\u003e 18. Arrival at Abi Sardar\u003cbr\u003e 19. Description of the Maldive Islands\u003cbr\u003e 20. Arrival in Ceylon\u003cbr\u003e 21. Return to the coast of Coromandel\u003cbr\u003e 22. Arrival at Sumatra\u003cbr\u003e 23. Arrival in China\u003cbr\u003e 24. Returns by the river to El Zait?n\u003cbr\u003e 25. Gibraltar.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Middle Eastern history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Middle Eastern history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Middle%20Eastern%20history%20%5BHBJF1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJF1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913167331608,"sku":"9781108041973","price":25.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108041973i.jpg?v=1696746510","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-travels-of-ibn-bat-ta-with-notes-illustrative-of-the-history-geography-botany-antiquities-etc-occurring-throughout-the-work-paperback-9781108041973","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}