The Amazing Travels Of Ibn Battuta

Author : Fatima Sharafeddine
Publisher : Groundwood Books Ltd
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781554984817

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The Amazing Travels of Ibn Battuta by Fatima Sharafeddine Pdf

The true story of a fourteenth-century traveler, whose journeys through the Islamic world and beyond were extraordinary for his time. In 1325, when Ibn Battuta was just twenty-one, he bid farewell to his parents in Tangier, Morocco, and embarked on a pilgrimage to Mecca. It was thirty years before he returned home, having seen much of the world. In this book he recalls his amazing journey and the fascinating people, cultures and places he encountered. After his pilgrimage to Mecca, Ibn Battuta was filled with a desire to see more of the world. He traveled extensively, throughout Islamic lands and beyond — from the Middle East to Africa to Europe to Asia. Travelers were uncommon in those days, and when Ibn Battuta arrived in a new city he would introduce himself to the governor or religious leaders, and they in turn would provide him with gifts, a place to stay and study, and sometimes they even gave him money to continue his journey. Some of the highlights of his travels included seeing the stunning Dome of the Rock shrine in Jerusalem; witnessing the hundreds of women who gathered to pray at the mosque in Shiraz; visiting the public baths in Baghdad; and meeting the Mogul emperor of India, who made him a judge and eventually sent him to China as an ambassador. Ibn Battuta kept a diary of his travels, and even though he lost it many times and had to recall and rewrite what he had seen, he kept a remarkable record of his years away. His adventurous spirit, keen mind and meticulous observations, as retold here by Fatima Sharafeddine, give us a remarkable picture of what it was like to be a traveler nearly seven hundred years ago. The book is beautifully illustrated by Intelaq Mohammed Ali, with maps and travel routes forming the backdrop for many richly painted scenes. Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.3 Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.3 Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on specific information in the text.

Author : Ibn Batuta
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1829
Category : Africa
ISBN : BSB:BSB10218721

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The Travels of Ibn Batūta by Ibn Batuta Pdf

Author : Ross E. Dunn
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520243859

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The Adventures of Ibn Battuta by Ross E. Dunn Pdf

Ross Dunn's classic retelling of the travels of Ibn Battuta, a Muslim of the 14th century.

Author : James Rumford
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 45 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2001-09-24
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780547562568

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Traveling Man by James Rumford Pdf

Ibn Battuta was the traveler of his age—the fourteenth century, a time before Columbus when many believed the world to be flat. Like Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta left behind an account of his own incredible journey from Morocco to China, from the steppes of Russia to the shores of Tanzania, some seventy-five thousand miles in all. James Rumford has retold Ibn Battuta’s story in words and pictures, adding the element of ancient Arab maps—maps as colorful and as evocative as a Persian miniature, as intricate and mysterious as a tiled Moroccan wall. Into this arabesque of pictures and maps, James Rumford has woven the story not just of a traveler in a world long gone but of a man on his journey through life.

Author : Albion M. Butters
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : History
ISBN : 1558766340

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The Travels of Ibn Battuta: To India, the Spice Islands, and China by Albion M. Butters Pdf

Ibn Baṭṭūṭa (1304 - 1369) was the best-known Arab traveler in world history. Over a period of thirty years, he visited most of the Islamic world and many non-Muslim lands. Following his travels, he dictated a report he called "A Gift to Those Who Contemplate the Wonders of Cities and the Marvels of Traveling," known simply in Arabic as the Riḥla. This dramatic document provides a firsthand account of the nascent globalization brought by the spread of Islam and the relationship between the Western world and India and China in the 14th century. As an Islamic legal scholar, Ibn Baṭṭūṭa served at high levels of government within the vibrant Muslim network of India and China. In the Riḥla, he shares insights into the complex power dynamics of the time and provides commentary on the religious miracles he encountered. The result is an entertaining narrative with a wealth of anecdotes, often humorous or shocking, and in many cases touchingly human.

Author : Tim Mackintosh-Smith
Publisher : John Murray
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-15
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781848546769

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Travels with a Tangerine by Tim Mackintosh-Smith Pdf

Ibn Battutah set out in 1325 from his native Tangier on the pilgrimage to Mecca. By the time he returned twenty-nine years later, he had visited most of the known world, travelling three times the distance Marco Polo covered. Spiritual backpacker, social climber, temporary hermit and failed ambassador, he braved brigands, blisters and his own prejudices. The outcome was a monumental travel classic. Captivated by this indefatigable man, award-winning travel writer Tim Mackintosh-Smith set out on his own eventful journey, retracing the Moroccan's eccentric trip from Tangier to Constantinople. Tim proves himself a perfect companion to this distant traveller, and the result is an amazing blend of personalities, history and contemporary observation.

Author : Ibn Batuta
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0415344735

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Travels in Asia and Africa, 1325-1354 by Ibn Batuta Pdf

This edition, translated afresh from the Arabic text, provides extensive notes which enable the journeys to be followed in detail.

Author : Fatima Sharafeddine
Publisher : Groundwood Books Ltd
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-25
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781554987115

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The Amazing Discoveries of Ibn Sina by Fatima Sharafeddine Pdf

The life story of Ibn Sina (980-1037), one of the greatest philosophers, scientists and physicians of the Islamic world. Born in Persia more than a thousand years ago, Ibn Sina was one of the greatest thinkers of his time — a philosopher, scientist and physician who made significant discoveries, especially in the field of medicine, and wrote more than one hundred books. As a child, Ibn Sina was extremely bright, a voracious reader who loved to learn and was fortunate to have the best teachers. He memorized the Qur’an by the age of ten and completed his medical studies at sixteen. He spent his life traveling, treating the sick, seeking knowledge through research, and writing about his discoveries. He came up with new theories in the fields of physics, chemistry, astronomy and education. His most famous work is The Canon of Medicine, a collection of books that were used for teaching in universities across the Islamic world and Europe for centuries. Ibn Sina’s story, told in the first person and beautifully illustrated, provides a fascinating glimpse into the life of one of the great intellects of the past. Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.3 Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.3 Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on specific information in the text.

Author : Ibn Batuta,A. D. H. Bivar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UCLA:L0070887013

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The Travels of Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, A.D. 1325-1354 by Ibn Batuta,A. D. H. Bivar Pdf

Almost everything that is known of the life and personality of Ibn Battuta is derived from his own narrative of his travels. So wrote H. A. R. Gibb in his Foreword in 1957 at the start of this Hakluyt Society project. Now over forty years later, the completion has been achieved by the publication of the fifth volume, being an extensive index compiled by Professor Bivar, which covers all four previous volumes.

Author : Tim Mackintosh-Smith
Publisher : Macmillan Collector's Library
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-04
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1909621471

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The Travels of Ibn Battutah by Tim Mackintosh-Smith Pdf

Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. Ibn Battutah – ethnographer, bigrapher, anecdotal historian and occasional botanist – was just twenty-one when he set out in 1325 from his native Tangier on a pilgramage to Mecca . . . He did not return to Morocco for another twenty-nine years, travelling instead through more than forty countries on the modern map, covering seventy-five thousand miles and getting as far north as the Volga, as far east as China and as far south as Tanzania. He wrote of his travels, and comes across as a superb ethnographer, biographer, anecdotal historian and occasional botanist and gastronome. With this edition by Mackintosh-Smith, Battutah's Travels takes its place alongside other indestructible masterpieces of the travel-writing genre.

Author : Janet Hardy-Gould
Publisher : OXFORD University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Africa, North
ISBN : 0194247724

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The Travels of Ibn Battuta by Janet Hardy-Gould Pdf

A retelling of the travels of Moroccan scholar Ibn Battuta in North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia during the fourteenth century, told in simplified language for new readers. Includes activities to enhance reading comprehension skills and improve vocabulary.

Author : Ibn Fadlan
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012-07-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780141975047

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Ibn Fadlan and the Land of Darkness by Ibn Fadlan Pdf

In 922 AD, an Arab envoy from Baghdad named Ibn Fadlan encountered a party of Viking traders on the upper reaches of the Volga River. In his subsequent report on his mission he gave a meticulous and astonishingly objective description of Viking customs, dress, table manners, religion and sexual practices, as well as the only eyewitness account ever written of a Viking ship cremation. Between the ninth and fourteenth centuries, Arab travellers such as Ibn Fadlan journeyed widely and frequently into the far north, crossing territories that now include Russia, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. Their fascinating accounts describe how the numerous tribes and peoples they encountered traded furs, paid tribute and waged wars. This accessible new translation offers an illuminating insight into the world of the Arab geographers, and the medieval lands of the far north.

Author : Abdul Rehman,Umair Zia,Rafia Rehman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798677717321

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Ibn Battuta by Abdul Rehman,Umair Zia,Rafia Rehman Pdf

Ibn Battuta was a great world traveler. During the 14th century, he traveled to over 40 modern day countries experiencing endless adventures, learning about new cultures, traditions, animals and plants. He logged his travels in his famous book 'The Rihla'. Pioneer Series presents an illustrative book for early elementary school aged children introducing them to this great adventurer from the Golden Age. The paperback version of the book includes activities such as coloring sheets, maze, and word search. About The PIONEER SERIES: Nurturing courage, confidence and love of knowledge in young minds through stories on great individuals and leaders that transformed the world through their wisdom, inventions, discoveries and exploration.

Author : Professor David Waines,David Waines
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2010-02-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780857718594

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The Odyssey of Ibn Battuta by Professor David Waines,David Waines Pdf

Ibn Battuta was, without doubt, one of the world's truly great travellers. Born in 14th century Morocco, and a contemporary of Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta has left us an account in his own words of his remarkable journeys throughout the Islamic world and beyond: journeys punctuated by adventure and peril, and stretching from his home in Tangiers to Zaytun in faraway China. Whether sojourning in Delhi and the Maldives, wandering through the mazy streets of Cairo and Damascus, or contesting with pirates and shipwreck, the indefatigable Ibn Battuta brings to vivid life a medieval world brimming with marvel and mystery. Carefully observing the great diversity of civilizations which he encountered, Ibn Battuta exhibits an omnivorous interest in such matters as food and drink, religious differences (between Christians, Hindus and Shi'a Muslims), ideas about purity and impurity, disease, women and sex. Recounting the many miracles which its author claims to have experienced personally, his al-rihla or 'Travelogue' is a fascinating mosaic of mysticism and reportage offering a prototype magic realism. David Waines discusses the subtleties of the al-rihla, revealing all the wonders of Ibn Battuta's world to the modern reader. This is a gripping treatment of the life and times of one of history's most daring, and at the same time most human, discoverers.

Author : Edoardo Albert
Publisher : A Concise Life
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2019-01-15
Category : Islamic Empire
ISBN : 1847740472

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Ibn Battuta by Edoardo Albert Pdf

This introduction to medieval-age Battuta and his journey provides a fascinating window into what the world was like in the 14th century with illustrations, photographs, and maps that bring the rich and diverse world that produced Battuta to vivid life. Illustrations.