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Summary:

Ross Dunn here recounts the great traveler's remarkable career, interpreting it within the cultural and social context of Islamic society and giving the reader both a biography of an extraordinary personality and a study of the hemispheric dimensions of human interchange in medieval times.

Table of Contents:

• Preface to the 2012 Edition; Preface to the Revised Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Acknowledgments; The Muslim Calendar; A Note on Money; List of Abbreviations Used in Notes; Introduction; 1. Tangier; 2. The Maghrib; 3. The Mamluks; 4. Mecca; 5. Persia and Iraq; 6. The Arabian Sea; 7. Anatolia; 8. The Steppe; 9. Delhi; 10. Malabar and the Maldives; 11. China; 12. Home; 13. Mali; 14. The Rihla; Glossary; Bibliography; Index

Author/Creator:

Dunn, Ross E. , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

The adventures of Ibn Battuta: a Muslim traveler of the 14th century [by Dunn, R.E.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Adventures of Ibn Battuta [by Dunn, R.E.] (Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2012 — ISBN 9780520272927)

Subjects:

Ibn Batuta, 1304-1377

Travelers — Islamic Empire — Biography

Travel, Medieval

Genres:

Biographies

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on: Print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiv, 359 pages) : illustrations, maps

Call Numbers:

G93 .I24 D86 2012eb

ISBNs:

9780520951617 (electronic bk.)
0520951611 (electronic bk.)
9780520272927 [Invalid]
0520272927 [Invalid]
0520243854 [Invalid]
9780520243859 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

794664355