The Adventures of Ibn Battuta: A Muslim Traveler of the 14th Century - Hardcover

Dunn, Ross E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0520057716 ISBN 13: 9780520057715

Publisher: Univ of California Pr, 1987

Synopsis

Details the life and extensive travels of Ibn Battuta, an Islamic scholar of the fourteenth century, interpreting his career as a diplomatic envoy within the cultural and social context of Islamic society

About this title

About the Author:

Ross E. Dunn is Professor of History at San Diego State University.

Review:

"Dunn has produced an attractive, intelligent, and useful book, and one that is a pleasure to read." -- John N. Mattock, The International History Review

"In 1325, at the age of twenty-one, Ibn Battuta set off from his native Tangier on the hajj to Mecca. He did not return to Morocco until 1349, by which time he had visited not only Mecca, but also Egypt, Syria, Persia, Iraq, East Africa, the Yemen, Anatolia, the steppelands of southern Russia, Constantinople, India, the Maldives, Sumatra, and China. . . . The Adventures of Ibn Battuta is an excellent synoptic introduction to the Muslim world in the Middle Ages." -- Robert Irwin, Times Literary Supplement

"Professor Dunn's book is based on Ibn Battuta's own writings. . . . and provides a commentary on the society and places which he visited, making admirable use of the great increase of our knowledge over the last generation. The result is fascinating." -- Taya Zinkin, Asian Affairs

About this edition

• Publisher: Univ of California Pr
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0520057716
• ISBN 13: 9780520057715
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 357