Ibn Battuta L P Harvey
Material type: TextSeries: Publication details: London ; New York : I.B. Tauris/Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies ; New York : Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.Description: 127 p. : maps ; 22 cmISBN:- 9781845113940
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 910.91767 HA IB (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | T0049633 |
Ibn Battuta was famous in his own lifetime during the 14th Century as the greatest traveller of the age. Here, the author reviews Ibn Battuta's journeys and discusses the major themes of his travels. He also examines the financing of Ibn Battuta's adventures, and how geography and natural history are presented by him.
Ibn Battuta and his Travels -- To Makka and far beyond -- India -- The Maldives -- To China and back -- Africans -- Finance and the Travels -- Natural history -- Women and children -- The religious framework.
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