description: Ibn Batuta (1304-1377), was the greatest of the Arabian travellers of the Middle Ages. Born in Algiers, he spent the years 1325-54 in overland traverse throughout Europe, Asia and much of East Africa, Asia Minor, Bukhara, Afghanistan, India, Sumatra and China. He eventually settled at Fez in 1354 where he began to write an account of his travels. The resulting narrative is among the most important of the early Arabic texts, providing a primary source for the history and geography of the medieval Arab world. Moreover, the Travels have retained their compelling fascination despite the passage of centuries. Reverend Samuel Lee (1783-1852), English Orientalist and Professor of Arabic at Cambridge was the first to provide an English translation of this text, in 1829. His annotations add greatly to our understanding of the work and provide a useful background information. Thus, both for its intrinsic and its historical value, this handsome facsimile of the first edition will be greatly welcomed.
language: Arabic
title: The Travels Of Ibn Battuta
titlecomplete: The Travels Of Ibn Battuta
genres: Travelogue, Biography, Adventure, Nonfiction, Classics, Medieval, Travel, Islam, Africa, History
ratings_count: 2301
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Premi Crítica Serra d'Or de Traducció
publisher: Darf Publishers Ltd