Ibn Battuta part 41
Nevertheless the merchants make a handsome profit, for the least that a horse fetches is a hundred dinars (that is twenty-five dinars in...
Ibn Battuta part 40
We set out with the amir Tuluktumur and his brother and two sons. At every halt the Turks loose their horses, oxen and...
Ibn Battuta part 39
Ibn Battuta arrives at Kaffa
The day after our arrival one of the merchants in our company hired some waggons from the Qipchaqs who inhabit...
Ibn Battuta part 38
After leaving this town we crossed a great river called Saqari by a ferry. This consisted of four beams bound together with...
Ibn Battuta part 37
Ibn Battuta buys a slave girl
We went on through the town of Tim, which is in the territories of this sultan, to Aya Suluq...
Ibn Battuta part 36
This went on for several days, the sultan inviting us daily to join him at his meal, and one afternoon visiting us himself, on...
Ibn Battuta part 35
Ibn Battuta arrives in Konia
It is a large town with fine buildings, and has many streams and fruit-gardens. The streets are exceedingly broad, and...
Ibn Battuta part 34
Before diving the diver puts on his face a sort of tortoiseshell mask and a tortoiseshell clip on his nose, then he ties a...
Ibn Battuta part 33
Water is a valuable commodity in this island. They have wells and artificial reservoirs to collect rainwater at some distance from the town. The...
Ibn Battuta part 32
The many uses of the coconut
One of its peculiarities is that oil, milk and honey are extracted from it. The honey is made in...
