Saksagan

Water is a valuable commodity in this island. They have wells and artificial reservoirs to collect rainwater at some distance from the town. The...

The many uses of the coconutOne of its peculiarities is that oil, milk and honey are extracted from it. The honey is made in...

The people of Dhofar and their customsIts population consists of merchants who live entirely on trade. When a vessel arrives they take the master,...

Kulwa on the African mainlandWe stayed one night in this island , and then pursued our journey to Kulwa, which is a large town...

The town of Mogadishu in SomaliaOn leaving Zayla we sailed for fifteen days and came to Maqdasha , which is an enormous town. Its...

After staying some days as his guest I set out for the town of San’a’, which was the former capital, a populous town built...

The people of this town hold the famous subut an-nakhl in this wise. They go out to the palmgroves every Saturday during the...

These terrors continued until we emerged at a roadstead called Ra’s Dawa’ir between Aydhab and Sawakin. We landed here and found on the shore...

After returning to Baghdad, Ibn Battuta makes his second pilgrimage to MeccaIbn Battuta returns to Mecca with the Baghdad pilgrim’s caravanWhen we arrived at...

Ibn Battutta journeys to TabrizI left Baghdad with the mahalla of Sultan Abu Sa’id, on purpose to see the way in which the king’s...