The Travels of Ibn Batuta
Ibn Battuta (1304 – ca. 1369), was a Moroccan explorer. Over a period of thirty years, Ibn Battuta visited most of the known Islamic world as well as many non-Muslim lands. His journeys included trips to North Africa, West Africa, the Horn of Africa, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, South Asia, Central Asia, Southeast Asia and China. Battuta is generally considered one of the greatest travellers of all time. This is a journal/record of his travels, omitting the translator's note and preface. (Summary modified from Wikipedia)
NOTE: The material contains racial terms and ideas that are objectionable today. The final section speaks of cannibalism with the natives as the victims, for example.
Genre(s): Biography & Autobiography, Memoirs
Language: English
Keyword(s): travel (288), africa (85), Islam (26), 14th century (3), timbuktu (2), ibn batūta (1), south asia (1), maldives (1), mali empire (1)
| Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
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| Play 01 | Chapters 1, 2 - Egypt | Ian Prise |
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| Play 02 | Chapters 3, 4, 5 - Egypt and Syria | Ian Prise |
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| Play 03 | Chapters 6, 7, 8 - Iraq, Persia and Turkey | Mayah |
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| Play 04 | Chapters 9, 10 - Arabia, Zanzibar and Persia | Ernst Schnell |
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| Play 05 | Chapters 11, 12, 13 - Rome, Tartary, Khorsan and Kabul | DrPGould |
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| Play 06 | Chapters 14, 15 - Hindustan | Rita Boutros |
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| Play 07 | Chapters 16, 17, 18 - Hindustan | Rita Boutros |
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| Play 08 | Chapter 19- Maldive Islands | Lewis Fletcher |
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| Play 09 | Chapter 20 - Ceylon | Lewis Fletcher |
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| Play 10 | Chapter 21 - Hindustan | DrPGould |
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| Play 11 | Chapter 22 - Indian Archipelago, Sumatra and Java | DrPGould |
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| Play 12 | Chapter 23 - China | Mayah |
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| Play 13 | Chapter 24 - Sumatra to Spain | DrPGould |
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| Play 14 | Chapter 25 - Africa | MLC13 |
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