Penulis: H. A. R. Gibb

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A Saracen stronghold throughout the long history of the Crusades, Damascus served as the capital city for Nur al-Deen, Saladin, and other medieval Muslim leaders. From this prime vantage point comes …

Ibn Battuta was born in Tangier in 1304. Between 1324 and 1354 he journeyed through North Africa and Asia Minor and as far as China. On a separate voyage he crossed the Sahara to the Muslim lands of …

Ibn Battuta was born in Tangier in 1304. Between 1324 and 1354 he journeyed through North Africa and Asia Minor and as far as China. On a separate voyage he crossed the Sahara to the Muslim lands of …

Originally published in 1962, this book presents important studies on the history, literature and religion of the Islamic peoples as well as an appraisal of contemporary intellectual currents in the …

Originally published in 1962, this book presents important studies on the history, literature and religion of the Islamic peoples as well as an appraisal of contemporary intellectual currents in the …

This volume completes the translation of Ibn Battuta’s narrative. Volume III ended with Ibn Battuta’s appointment by the Sultan of Delhi to accompany an embassy to China. In Volume IV he describes …

This volume completes the translation of Ibn Battuta’s narrative. Volume III ended with Ibn Battuta’s appointment by the Sultan of Delhi to accompany an embassy to China. In Volume IV he describes …

Ibn Battuta was born in Tangier in 1304. Between 1324 and 1354 he journeyed through North Africa and Asia Minor and as far as China. On a separate voyage he crossed the Sahara to the Muslim lands of …

Ibn Battuta was born in Tangier in 1304. Between 1324 and 1354 he journeyed through North Africa and Asia Minor and as far as China. On a separate voyage he crossed the Sahara to the Muslim lands of …

Ibn Battuta was born in Tangier in 1304. Between 1324 and 1354 he journeyed through North Africa and Asia Minor and as far as China. On a separate voyage he crossed the Sahara to the Muslim lands of …

Ibn Battuta was born in Tangier in 1304. Between 1324 and 1354 he journeyed through North Africa and Asia Minor and as far as China. On a separate voyage he crossed the Sahara to the Muslim lands of …

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‘One of the most fascinating travel books of all time’ Times Literary Supplement ‘He could not have been more ‘modern’ if he had been born in the twentieth century’ Evening Standard Ibn Battuta was …

‘One of the most fascinating travel books of all time’ Times Literary Supplement ‘He could not have been more ‘modern’ if he had been born in the twentieth century’ Evening Standard Ibn Battuta was …