num_pages: 537
description: Between 1324 and 1354 he journeyed through North Africa and Asia Minor to Mecca, through Central Asia to India and as far as China. On a separate voyage he crossed the Sahara to the Muslim lands of West Africa. His journeys covered over 75,000 miles and he is the only medieval traveller known to have visited every Muslim state of the time. The first two volumes record his earliest journeys through Tunisia, Egypt, Syria, Arabia, Persia, Iraq, Asia Minor and South Russia. The third volume records his visits to Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. There are detailed descriptions of the towns on the way and the customs of the inhabitants.
language: English
title: Travels of IBN Battuta A.D. 1325-1354- 3 Vol.'s
titlecomplete: Travels of IBN Battuta A.D. 1325-1354- 3 Vol.'s
genres: Islam, Biography, Africa, Travel, Medieval, Travelogue, Classics, Nonfiction, Adventure, History
ratings_count: 2301
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Premi Crítica Serra d'Or de Traducció
publisher: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers