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The Travels of Ibn Battuta
Ibn BattutaOne of the greatest travelers of his age, Sheikh Ibn Battuta began a pilgrimage to Mecca in 1326 that ended 27 years and 75,000 miles later.
The Travels of Ibn Battuta in the Near East, Asia and Africa ...
Ibn BatutaIn 1326, Ibn Battuta began a pilgrimage to Mecca that ended 27 years and 75,000 miles later.
Ibn Battúta: Travels in Asia and Africa : 1325-1354
Ibn BatutaThis fine facsimile edition, originally published in 1929, is enhanced by the inclusion of several exquisite prints, with maps of the journeys undertaken during Ibn Battuta's remarkable life.
The Travels of Ibn Battuta to Central Asia
Ibn BatutaThe author provides a commentary on the experiences of the Muslim traveler Ibn Battuta in Central Asia during the 14th century.
VOYAGES D'IBN BATOUTAH: TEXT ARABE, ACCOMPAG
Ibn BatutaAn 1853-8 edition of the Journey of the Moroccan traveller Ibn Battuta (1304-68/9), with a French translation.
The Travels of Ibn Battuta, A.D. 1325-1354
PreviewThis volume covers Turkestan, Khurasan, Sind, north-western India and Delhi, including an account of the reign of Sultan Muhammad ibn Tughluq. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1971.
Ibn Battuta
L. P. HarveyTold with hum our, irony and pathos, his travelogue is filled with marvels which blend idealism with reality. L. P. Harvey reviews Ibn Battuta's journeys and discusses the major themes of the Travels.
The Travels of Ibn Battuta: in the Near East, Asia and ...
Ibn BattutaAn engrossing account of a 1326 pilgrimage to Mecca provides vivid details of Morocco, Russia, India, China, and elsewhere. "The ultimate in real life adventure stories." — History in Review.
The Travels of Ibn Battutah
Ibn BatutaWith this edition by Mackintosh-Smith, Battuta's Travels takes its place alongside other indestructible masterpieces of the travel-writing genre.
Ibn Battuta in Black Africa:
Ibn BatutaThis book is one of the most important documents about Black Africa written by a non-European medieval historian.
Ibn Battuta in Black Africa
Ibn Batuta. . . This book provides much food for thought, combined with the simple pleasure of a good travel tale well told.The Boston GlobeNoel Q. King, U.C. Santa Cruz, is the author of Religion in Africa and numerous other books.
Muhammad ... Mercy for the Worlds: Rehmatullil Alameen
Muḥammad Sulaimān ManṣūrpūrīRehmatullil Alameen Muḥammad Sulaimān Manṣūrpūrī, Rafiq Abdur Rehman. behaviour. ... Quraish used to bound some converts into the hide of camel and throw under the scorching sun while to others they forced to put on mail coats and tie on hot stones. ... the statement of Ibn-Amro Ibn Al-Aas 4fr as an eye witness that one day while Holy Prophet 0 was busy in offering Salah. ... Still Holy Prophet & remained in state of prostration without affecting his peace of m;nd and tranquility.
A Baghdad Cookery Book: The Book of Dishes (Kitāb Al-ṭabīkh)
Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan Ibn al-KarīmThis special issue of Petits Propos Culinaires is wholly devoted to a new translation of the text called, for convenience' sake, A Baghdad Cookery Book, that is, The Book of Dishes (Kitab al-Tabikh) by Muhammad b. al-Hasan b.
A Muslim American Slave: The Life of Omar Ibn Said
Omar Ibn SaidThis edition presents the English translation on pages facing facsimile pages of Ibn Said’s Arabic narrative, augmented by Alryyes’s comprehensive introduction, contextual essays and historical commentary by leading literary critics and ...
The Orange Trees of Marrakesh: Ibn Khaldun and the Science ...
Stephen Frederic Dale... Eastern and Islamic Review 8 (2009): 242–291. Historian Allen James Fromherz argues, or strongly implies, that Ibn Khaldun was a practicing Sufi. See his book Ibn Khaldun: Life and Times (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2011).
Abraham Ibn Ezra: The Book of Reasons. A Parallel ...
PreviewThis volume is the first product of a larger enterprise-a scientific edition of all twelve Ibn Ezra's astrological treatises-and offers a critical Hebrew text of the two versions of Ibn Ezra's "Sefer ha-Te'amim," the Book of Reasons, ...
The Adventures of Ibn Opcit
John Gorman BarrThe Adventures of Ibn Opcit is a two-volume work by John Barr, first president of The Poetry Foundation. Grace, the first volume of this mock epic, is the master song of Ibn Opcit, a Caribbean gardener/poet condemned to die by torture.
African American History Day by Day: A Reference Guide to ...
Karen Juanita CarrilloDecember 27 1807 Omar Ibn Sayyid, the Muslim African who was enslaved in the southern United States yet wrote the Autobiography of Omar ibn Said in 1831, arrives at the Charleston, South Carolina harbor. In 1831, Omar ibn Sayyid, ...
Roman Catholics and Shi'i Muslims: Prayer, Passion, and Politics
James A. BillPrayer, Passion, and Politics James A. Bill, John Alden Williams. 9 The early Sufis who were believing and practicing Shi'is include Ma'ruf alKarkhi, Yahya ibn Mu'adh alRazi, Ta'us alYamani, Bahlul Majnun, Malik ibn Dinar, and Mansur ibn ...
Five Classic Muslim Slave Narratives
Muhammad A. al-AhariThe primary sources include: the narrative of Job ben Solomon, the two autobiographical pieces of Muhammad Said of Bornu, the Arabic autobiography of 'Umar ibn Said, the Jamaican narrative of Abu Bakr Said, a discussion of coverage on ...
The Slave's Narrative
Preview“Autobiography of Omar ibn Said, Slave in North Carolina, 1831'' (translated from the original Arabic). American Historical Review XXX (July 1925): 791–95. ibn Said, Omar. “Autobiography of Omar ibn Said, Slave in North Carolina, 1831.
Ibn 'Arabi in the Later Islamic Tradition: The Making of a ...
Alexander D. KnyshExamines the fierce controversy over the legacy of Ibn 'Arabi, the great Islamic mystic.
Travels in Asia and Africa: 1325-1354
Ibn BattutaFor his details he relied exclusively on his memory, cultivated by the system of a theological education. This edition, translated afresh from the Arabic text, provides extensive notes which enable the journeys to be followed in detail.
The Travels of Ibn Battuta: Volume V: Index
PreviewNow over forty years later, the completion has been achieved by the publication of the fifth volume, being an extensive index compiled by Professor Bivar, which covers all four previous volumes.
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