Showing posts with label Granada. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Granada. Show all posts

Sunday, July 05, 2015

Travels of Ibn Jubayr from Granada, Spain to Mecca between 1183-1185 AD




Ibn Jubayr traveled almost 150 years before Ibn Battuta started his epic journey around the world. In his book, Ibn Battuta has used Ibn Jubayr's book as a reference for the cities he has already wrote about.


.... to be completed

References:

  • Roland Broadhurst, "The Travels of Ibn Jubayr", Goodword Books, 2013 (first published in 1952)

Sunday, July 17, 2011

A Tentative Map for Ibn Battuta's Travel in Black Africa and Andalusia


View Adventures of Ibn Battuta : Black Africa and Andalusia Section in a larger map

This post is in draft version. It will hopefully be expanded later.


References:
1 - The Adventures of Ibn Battuta, Ross E. Dunn, University of California Press, Revised Edition, 2005, pp.277
2 - Ibn Battuta and his Saharan Travels