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...
Ibn Battuta part 48
In the midst of the hall three men were standing to whom those four men delivered me. These took hold of my garments as...
Ibn Battuta part 47
Our entry into Constantinople the Great was made about noon or a little later, and they rang their bells until the very skies shook...
Ibn Battuta part 46
His horsemen were divided into squadrons, two hundred horsemen in each squadron. Over them was a commander, who had in front of him ten...
Ibn Battuta part 45
From Mahtuli to Constantinople is a journey of twenty-two days, sixteen to the canal , and six thence to Constantinople. From this fortress...
Ibn Battuta part 44
She ordered food to be served and we ate in her presence, and when we desired to leave she said “Do not sever relations...
