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Ibn Battuta part 16

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The footprints from which it derives its name are certain footprints impressed upon a rock there, which are said to be the mark of...

Ibn Battuta part 15

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A controversial theologian One of the principal Hanbalite doctors at Damascus was Taqi ad-Din Ibn Taymiya, a man of great ability and wide learning, but...

Ibn Battuta part 14

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The eastern door, called the Jayrun door, is the largest of the doors of the mosque. It also has a large passage, leading out...

Ibn Battuta part 13

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In the same place there is another church which the Christians venerate and to which they come on pilgrimage. This is the church of...

Ibn Battuta part 12

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Jerusalem and its holy sites We then reached Jerusalem (may God ennoble her !), third in excellence after the two holy shrines of Mecca and...

Ibn Battuta part 11

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At nightfall they smooth down the sand so that no track is left on it, then in the morning the governor comes and looks...

Ibn Battuta part 10

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Camels, Hyenas, and Bejas Here we crossed the Nile and, hiring camels, journeyed with a party of Arabs through a desert, totally devoid of settlements...

Ibn Battuta part 9

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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

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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

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It possesses a wooden bridge at which all vessels anchor, and in the afternoon the baulks are lifted and the vessels pass up and...

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Belphagor part 4

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