Ibn Battuta part 58
Ibn Battuta prepares to cross the Sahara.
At Sijilmasa I bought camels and a four months’ supply of forage for them. Thereupon I set...
Ibn Battuta part 57
The king of Gharnata at the time of my visit was Sultan Abu’l-Hajjaj Yusuf. I did not meet him on account of an illness...
Ibn Battuta part 56
While I was there I heard a shout behind me (for I had gone ahead of my party) and turning back to them, found...
Ibn Battuta part 55
Ibn Battuta praises his natural lord, the sultan of Morocco
Moreover, God has augmented the honour and excellence of the Maghrib by the imamate of...
Ibn Battuta part 54
For I assure you that mutton in Egypt is sold at eighteen ounces for a dirham nuqra, which equals in value six dirhams of...
Ibn Battuta part 53
The khatun declines to return to her husband Uzbeg Khan
When it became clear to the Turks who were in the khatun’s company that she...
Ibn Battuta part 52
He took my hand and said to the Greek (who knew the Arabic tongue), “Say to this Saracen (meaning Muslim), ‘I clasp the hand...
Ibn Battuta part 51
Each monastery possesses pious endowments for the clothing and maintenance of the devotees. Inside every monastery there is a small convent designed for the...
Ibn Battuta part 50
It has thirteen gates and a sacred enclosure, which is about a mile long and closed by a great gate. No one is prevented...
Ibn Battuta part 49
Ibn Battuta describes Constantinople.
The city is enormous in size, and in two parts separated by a great river , in which there is a...
