Voyageur ecrivain marocain ouasti, boussif et des millions. Travels in asia and africa 2554 here begins ibn battuta s travels p. The travels is a medieval book which recounts the journey of the 14thcentury moroccan scholar and traveler ibn battuta. Dunns book on ibn battuta and found it all quite fascinating and would like to read and english translation of the source material.
May 21, 2015 abu abd allah muhammad ibn batutah, known as ibn battuta or sometimes battuta, was born to a berber family of islamic legal scholars in tangier, morocco. The full title of the book of his journeys is tuhfat alanzar fi gharaaib alamsar wa. The full title of the book of his journeys is tuhfat alanzar fi gharaaib alamsar wa ajaaib alasfar. At the age of twentyone, he left home to make the holy pilgrimage to mecca. Ibn battuta duisenberg building, zernike campus nettelbosje 2 room 5414. Ibn battuta describes noticing later processions of individual hindu women on horseback, followed by both muslims and infidels on the way to funerals. Ibn batuta was a famous explorer of the medieval era who chronicled his travel accounts spanning over three decades. Ibn battutas interesting description of india rihla. He asked ibn battuta to take shiploads of goods to the yuan emperor.
The only medieval traveler known to have visited the lands of every muslim ruler of his time, ibn battuta was born into a family of highly respected religious judges and educated as a. The moroccan explorer ibn battuta traveled over 75,000 miles throughout the muslim world and beyond in the 14th century. Movenpick ibn battuta gate hotel dubai tripadvisor. Abu abdullah muhammad ibn battuta, better known simply as ibn battuta 4circa 77 ad was a berber muslim scholar and traveler, who was born in tangier, morocco. Abu abdullah muhammad ibn battuta was a moroccan muslim scholar and traveler. Ibn battuta describes in the rihla that it was first from a passing man in pakpattan, now in pakistan, that he was first told of sati, the suicide of a hindu widow on the pyre of her husband. Ibn battutas journey to egypt adgeco group holding. He wanted to have these stories written down for the amusement of his family and others. He was known for his traveling and undertaking excursions called the rihla. Full text of the rehla of ibn battuta internet archive. He is considered one of the greatest travelers of all time, and is well known for the account of his travels and excursions.
Complete translations or representative selections. Ibn battuta s account is engaging in many ways, but one significant point of interest is the fact that his return trip coincided with the spread of the bubonic plague from central asia to the mediterranean and into europe and north africa. The travels of ibn battutah edited by tim makintoshsmith reads as an edited version but with the advantage of efforts to get the story in its best order and notations the best guess is that he was on the road, or at sea for about 30 years and logged about 75,000 miles. Ibn battuta was born in tangier, part of modernday morocco, in 4. Hisjourneys and his accomplishments were similar to another person thatyou have probably heard of marco polo. This port city on the coast of the atlantic ocean lies 45 miles west of the mediterranean sea. The study investigated the concept of acceptability in the translation of cultural elements such as fooddrink, clothing and religious items found in the 14th century text in its modern malay translation pengembaraan ibn battutah. I left tangier, my birthplace, on thursday, 2nd rajab 725 june 14, 25, being at that time twentytwo years of age 22 lunar years. As ibn battuta traveled to the court in delhi, 82 hindu bandits attacked his group of 22. His journeys lasted for a period of almost thirty years, covering nearly the whole of the known islamic world and beyond.
Ibn battuta crater ibn battuta is a small lunar impact crater on the mare fecunditatis, a lunar mare in the eastern part of the moons near side. To know more about his childhood, career, profile and timeline read on. He then remained in morocco and worked as a judge until he died around the year 69. Ibn battuta was born on february 25, 4 in tangier, morocco. A month in cairo ibn battuta illustrated how life inside the walled city of cairo was, it was very much populated and busy. Ibn battuta est le plus celebre des voyageurs arabes, auteur dune inestimable rilha.
Ibn battuta and his men drove them off, killing of the thieves. After traveling about 75 days they arrived in constantinople. The men in ibn battutas family were legal scholars and he was raised with a focus on education. Its tiny streets were occupied with locals, donkeys, and camels along the hundreds of stores and markets. Acceptability in the translation into malay of rihlat ibn battuta. As ibn battuta rode through syria, a terrible disease was descending upon his world. The animated series the adventures of ibn battuta is a 2010 malaysian part historical animated series which was aired in tv2. Every year, a different board leads ibn battuta, by coordinating the association, all its bodies, and events. Le rihla dibn battuta bibliotheque numerique mondiale. He journeyed farther than his near contemporary marco polo, though muslim scholar ibn battuta 4c. Welcome to the page of the 59th board of ibn battuta. He also listened to ibn battuta s other adventures, and ordered him to stay in fez.
Ibn battutas interesting description of india rihla uluq. The best known rihla manuscript is a masterpiece to those who contemplate the wonders of cities and the marvels of travelling. Crowds of merchants and sellers also filled the streets. Ibn battuta stayed in constantinople for more than a month. But battuta s story is just as fascinating, as this 1829 translation of his diaries, by british orientalist rev. Abu abdullah muhammad ibn battuta, mieux connu simplement comme ibn battuta 477 apr. The king of india made a practice of appointing foreigners as ministers and judges. Acceptability in the translation of rihlat ibn battutah 5 in this framework, holmes differentiates between pure translation research, which contains two major classifications theoretical and descriptive, and applied translation studies pp. Prices are calculated as of 16032020 based on a checkin date of 29032020. Ibn battuta biography childhood, life achievements. There are a couple options on amazon but im not sure what to look for in a good translation.
Ibn battuta and the royal escorts returned to the steppe just as the terrible asian winter was beginning. Known as the greatest traveler of premodern times, abu abdallah ibn battuta was born in morocco in 4 and educated in islamic law. Thus, ibn battutas urge to travel was spurred by interest in finding the best teachers and the best libraries, which were then in alexandria, cairo, and damascus. Ibn battuta asked the khan if he could go along and also got permission. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate that large parts of ibn battutas description of his travels in palestine were in fact copied, with certain abbreviations and deletions, from the records of another muslim traveller, muhammad b. They extended from north africa, west africa, southern europe and. Ibn battuta is a traveller of historical importance whose memoirs went a long way in providing a clear account of the numerous countries that he visited. He was born to a scholarly family, and he began his travels primarily for religious p. This image of the inside of ibn battutas tomb, comes from a different travellers blog. Marco polos name appearedin history books everywhere, and he became famous. The ruler of morocco wanted a record of ibn battutas travels and insisted that he tell the stories of his journeys to a scholar.
Ibn battuta was set to sail from calcutta with a large ship holding the goods for the chinese emperor. Get to know more about ibn battutas inspiring travel stories at the second edition of international festival of ibn battuta organized by the moroccan association of ibn battuta. He is known for the extent of his travels over 30 years, setting the record for distance journeyed by an individual until the advent of the steam age 450 years later. In this lesson students read from the rihla, a book of ibn battuta s travels, and a presentday historians account to answer the question. On his last day in calcutta, ibn battuta attended friday prayers in the city. Delhi, ibn battuta sought an official career from the muslim king of india, muhammad tughluq. No other medieval traveler is known to have journeyed so. Ibn battuta was a traveler and a writer back in the middle ages. The travels of ibn batuta 2554 translated by reverend samuel lee, 1829 chapter i north africa in the name of the compassionate and merciful god praise be ascribed to god the lord of worlds. This chapter uses one section of ibn battutas rihla to search out a different, more gritty, and uncomfortable cosmopolitanism than was the cosmopolitan fantasy of affable detachment by which postimperial western subjects declared themselves citizens of the world.
Its close to the strait of gibraltar where africa and europe almost meet. Hamilton alexander rosskeen gibb notes that ibn battuta believed that the great wall of china was built by dhulqarnayn to contain gog and magog as mentioned in the quran. Ibn battutasta tiedetaan hanen matkoistaan kertovan kirjan ulkopuolelta vain suhteellisen vahan. This person decided to make a trip specifically in the footsteps of ibn battuta. Acceptability in the translation into malay of rihlat ibn. Ibn battutas account is engaging in many ways, but one significant point of interest is the fact that his return trip coincided with the spread of the bubonic plague from central asia to the mediterranean and into europe and north africa. Read download the travels of ibn battuta pdf pdf download. He told the story of his adventures to a scholar who wrote it all down in a book called the rihla. In this lesson students read from the rihla, a book of ibn battutas travels, and a presentday historians account to answer the question.
The travels of ibn battutah by ibn battuta goodreads. We also think that he was an inquirer because he visited so many places he would probably be interested in learning more things. Ibn battuta also wrote he had heard of the rampart of yajuj and majuj that was sixty days travel from the city of zeitun quanzhou. May 27, 2007 ibn battutas learner profiles we think that ibn battuta was a risk taker because he travelled to lots of places by sea and land. The event which celebrates the legacy of ibn battuta will take place at the city of tangier in morocco on november 912, 2017. Arabic travel literature of rihlat ibn battutah into the malay language. Ibn battuta was one of the bestknown muslim travelers of his time.
Abu abdullah muhammad ibn battuta, mais conhecido simplesmente como ibn battuta entre 4 e 77 d. The photograph comes from the blog of a modern traveller the current version of the type of rihla that ibn battuta produced in the 14th century. Although ibn battuta was an accomplished and welldocumented explorer, his. After ibn battuta returned to fez in 54, the sultan of morocco listened to his report on mali. Prosedur peminjaman dan elemen sosiobudaya dalam terjemahan rihlat ibn battuta the procedure of borrowing and the sociocultural elements in the translation of rihlat ibn battuta. Procedures and strategies in the translation into malay of cultural elements of rihlat ibn battuta. His travel account, written after his return home to tangier in 55, offers historians insight into social, political, economic and cultural context of the 14th century. The book was dictated to ibn juzayy on orders from the marinid sultan abu inan faris who was impressed by the story and travels of ibn battuta. Ibn battutas timeline 20 joined the haji 4 ibn battuta was born in tangier, morocco on the 24 th of february 22 met andronicus 25 visited mecca 41 met king mansa suleyman 51 farther died in battle of illness 69 ibn battuta died in fez, morocco of black death 11. The scholar wrote the accounts down and they became a famous travel book known as the rihla, which means journey. In the course of 29 years, he travelled across the eastern hemisphere for a total distance of roughly 116,800 km and he visited regions which today comprise 44 modern countries. Together with the many committees, the board organizes a great deal of activities for all members to join. Working with ibn juzayy on the rihla in fez, morocco. The arab equivalent of marco polo, sheikh ibn battuta 477 set out as a young man on a pilgrimage to mecca that ended 27 years and 75,000 miles later.
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