Life

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...

Ibn Battuta leaves Basra by boatAt Basra I embarked in a sumbuq, that is a small boat, for Ubulla, which lies ten miles distant....

After the night prayer they began to recite their litany. A number of loads of wood had been brought in and kindled into a...

Another good habit of theirs is this. The orphan children sit in the bazaar, each with two baskets, one large and one small. When...

On this journey, our stay at Medina lasted four days. We used to spend every night in the illustrious mosque, where the people, after...

From Tabuk the caravan travels with great speed night and day, for fear of this desert. Halfway through is the valley of al-Ukhaydir, which...

Funeral customsThe Damascenes observe an admirable order in funeral processions. They walk in front of the bier while reciters intone the Koran in beautiful...

The story of a slave who broke a valuable dishBesides these there are endowments for other charitable purposes. One day as I went along...