Ibn Battuta part 9
The river Indus resembles it in this feature. The Nile is one of the five great rivers of the world, which are the Nile,...
Ibn Battuta part 8
There are a large number of religious establishments which they call khanqahs, and the nobles vie with one another in building them. Each...
Ibn Battuta part 7
It possesses a wooden bridge at which all vessels anchor, and in the afternoon the baulks are lifted and the vessels pass up and...
Ibn Battuta part 6
Next morning, after all the other visitors had gone, he called me and when I had related my dream interpreted it to me saying:...
Ibn Battuta part 5
A visit to a holy man in the country
During my stay at Alexandria I had heard of the pious Shaykh al-Murshidi, who bestowed gifts...
Ibn Battuta part 4
The breadth of the passage inside is nine spans and that of the wall ten spans; each of the four sides of the lighthouse...
Ibn Battuta part 3
The inhabitants assembled in large numbers to celebrate the festival, making a brave show and wearing their richest apparel. The Sultan Abu Yahya arrived...
Ibn Battuta part 2
At Bijaya I fell ill of a fever, and one of my friends advised me to stay there till I recovered. But I refused,...
Ibn Battuta part 1
Ibn Battuta: Travels in Asia and Africa 1325-1354
Here begins Ibn Battuta’s travels
I left Tangier, my birthplace, on Thursday, 2nd Rajab 725 , being at...
The Pious Lady and the Gray Friar part 4
She uttered, however, not a word, but waited till he should turn round again, when, looking still more carefully at him, she had no...
