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The Rihla, formal title A Masterpiece to Those Who Contemplate the Wonders of Cities and the Marvels of Traveling, is the travelogue written by Ibn Battuta, documenting his lifetime of travel and exploration, which according to his description covered about 73,000 miles (117,000 km).
Ibn Battuta (/ ˌ ɪ b ən b æ t ˈ t uː t ɑː /; 24 February 1304 – 1368/1369), [a] was a Maghrebi traveller, explorer and scholar. [7] Over a period of thirty years from 1325 to 1354, Ibn Battuta visited much of Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and the Iberian Peninsula.
Over his lifetime, Ibn Battuta travelled over 117,000 kilometres (73,000 miles) and visited around 40 present-day countries. [3] In the following list the Romanization used by Gibb and Beckingham is given in parentheses. The states are modern. Within each section the towns are listed in the order that they are first mentioned in Ibn Battuta's ...
The Travels was dictated to Ibn Juzayy on orders from the Marinid Sultan Abu Inan Faris, who was impressed by the story of Ibn Battuta. [10] Although Ibn Battuta was an accomplished and well-documented explorer, his travels had been unknown outside the Islamic world for many years. [11]
From contemporary historical accounts, the rulers of Madurai Sultanate come across as tyrants and persecutors of Hindus. Both Ibn Batutta's and Gangadevi's accounts contain graphic descriptions of atrocities committed by the Sultans on the Hindu population. Ibn Batuta describes Ghiyasuddin Dhamgani's actions as:
Ross E. Dunn is an American historian [1] and writer, the author of several books including The Adventures of Ibn Battuta, [2] and coauthor of the highly cited [3] History on Trial: Culture Wars and the Teaching of the Past. [1] [4] He is Professor Emeritus at San Diego State University. [5]
one of his important work is the travels of Ibn battuta Rihla (Arabic: تحفة النظار في غرائب الأمصار وعجائب الأسفار Tuḥfat An-Naẓār Fī Gharā'ib Al-Amṣār Wa ʻAjā'ib Al-Asfār - simply referred to as The Rihla الرحلة or "The Journey") is a medieval book which recounts the journey of the 14th ...
The term was earliest used by Ibn Battuta. According to him, Hindu Kush means Hindu Killer as Hindu slaves from the Indian subcontinent died in the harsh climatic conditions of the mountains while being taken from India to Turkestan by Muslim traders. [38] [27] [39] [40] [a] Several other theories have been propounded as to the origins of the ...