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The Adventures of Ibn Battuta: A Muslim Traveler of the Fourteenth Century

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by Ross E. Dunn


  Ahaggar mountains

  Ahsan Shah, Jalal al-Din, sultan

  ’Ain al-Mulk, rebellion of

  Air

  Ajlun

  akhis

  see also fityan

  Akhmim

  Akko see Acre

  Akkridur see Egridur

  Aksaray

  ’Ala al-Din mosque

  ’Ala al-Din Muhammad

  al-Andalus see Andalusia

  Alanya

  ’Alaya see Alanya

  Alburz mountains

  Aleppo

  Alexandria

  Alfonso XI, king

  Algeciras

  Algeria

  Algiers

  Alhama

  Alhambra

  Aligarh see Koil

  ’Ali ibn Abi Talib, caliph

  ’alim

  see also ’ulama

  Almohads

  alms giving

  Alughu, khan

  Amasiya see Amasya

  Amasya

  amir

  caravan leader

  military commander

  amir al-hajj

  amirs, of Turkish Anatolia

  Amroha

  Amu Darya River

  ’Anah

  Anatolia

  society and culture

  see also Turks

  Andalusia

  Muslim emigrants from

  Andarab River

  Andronicus II, emperor

  Andronicus III, emperor

  Annaba see Buna

  Antalya

  Aqaba (town)

  Aqaba, gulf of

  Arabia

  see also Mecca, Medina, Yemen

  Arabian Sea

  Arabic language

  Arab nomads

  ’Arafat, plain of

  Aragon see Aragon-Catalonia

  Aragon-Catalonia

  Aral Sea

  arid belt, historical importance of

  Armenia, Armenians

  Arya Chakravarti (king)

  Arz al-Rum see Erzurum

  Arzanjan see Erzincan

  Ashqelon

  Asia Minor see Anatolia

  Asilah

  Asir

  Assiou

  Astrakhan

  Aswan

  Asyut

  atabeg

  Atlantic Ocean

  trade on Moroccan coast of

  Awliya, Nizam al-Din

  Ayas

  Aya Soluk

  Aybek, Qutb al-Din, sultan

  ’Aydhab

  commercial importance of

  Aydin, amirate of

  Azak

  Azelik see Takadda

  Azerbaijan

  Azov see Azak

  Azov, sea of

  Bab al-Mandeb, strait of

  Babylon

  Bahmani sultanate

  Bahrain

  Bahri Mamluks see Mamluk sultanate

  al-Balafiqi, Abu l’Barakat

  Balikesir

  Balkh

  Ballish see Velez Malaga

  Bamako

  Bambuk

  Bandar-e-Ma’shur see Machul

  Bandar Salawat see Chilaw

  bandits and pirates

  in Strait of Gibraltar

  in India

  in Morocco

  in Spain

  Bantu-speaking people

  Banu Hanifa

  Banu Hilal

  see also Arab nomads

  Banu Marin see Marinid sultanate

  Banu Nabhan

  al-Baqi’

  Barah Nagar

  baraka

  Barani, Zia al-Din

  Barcelona

  Basra

  Battala see Puttalam

  Batu, khan

  Bayalun, princess

  Bayn al-Qasrayn

  Bayt al-Faqih

  Beijing

  Beirut

  Beja (people)

  Beja (town)

  Bengal

  Bengal, Bay of

  Berbers

  and Marinid dynasty

  and Sufism

  Berganma

  Berke, khan

  Bethlehem

  Biba

  Bibliothèque Nationale

  Bichaqchi, Akhi

  Bijaya

  bilad al-sudan see Mali, Sudan

  Bir al–Ksaib

  Birgi

  Bish Dagh

  Bistam

  Black Death

  and epidemic in India

  causes and treatment

  in Ifriqiya

  in Spain

  origins and spread of

  social effects of

  see also plague

  Black Sea

  Bone see Buna

  Booksellers, madrasa of the

  Borneo

  Bosphorus

  Bougie see Bijaya

  bubonic plague see Black Death, plague

  Buda

  Buddhism, Buddhists

  Bukhara

  al-Bukhari

  Bulgaria, kingdom of

  Bulghar

  Buna

  Burckhardt, John

  Burdur

  Bure

  Burgomadzhary see Machar

  Burhan al-Din

  Burhanpur Gap

  Burma

  Bursa

  Burton, Richard

  al-Bushri family

  al-Bushri, Muhammad see Al-Bushri family

  Byzantine empire

  and Khanate of Kipchak

  and Turkish expansion

  decline of

  see also Anatolia, Turks

  Cagliari

  Cairo

  architecture of

  Black Death in

  maps

  population of

  society and economy

  see also Mamluk sultanate

  Calahora

  Calicut

  Caliphate, High see Abbasid Caliphate

  Caliphs, mosque of the

  Cambay

  Cambay, Gulf of

  camels

  canal du Sahel

  Cannanore

  Canton

  Cape Comorin

  caravans

  of hajj pilgrims: from Damascus

  from Egypt

  from North Africa

  from Yemen

  of Iraq

  organization of

  trans-Saharan

  caravanserais see khans

  Caria

  Caspian Sea

  Castile, kingdom of

  Catalans

  Catalonia see Aragon-Catalonia

  Caucasus mountains

  Ceuta

  intellectual life of

  maps

  political importance of

  trade of

  Ceylon

  Chagatay, khanate of

  Chagatay, son of Genghis Khan

  Champa

  Charikar

  Chaul

  Chelif River

  Chilaw

  China, Chinese

  envoys to India

  in Persia

  see also Yuan dynasty

  Chinggis Khan

  see also Mongols

  Chishti brotherhood

  Chittagong

  Choban family

  Chola empire

  Christianity, Christians

  in Anatolia

  in Crimea

  in Persia

  Cilicia

  Citidel, of Cairo

  Cizre

  Collection of Histories

  colleges see madrasas

  Constantine

  Constantinople

  Cordova

  cosmopolitanism

  defined

  in Islamic society

  in Ilkhanid Persia

  cowrie shells

  Crimea

  Crusade, fourth

  Cyprus

  Cyrenaica

  Dacca

  dallal

  Darmanhur

  Damascus

>   as center of learning

  great mosque of

  Mamluk capital in Syria

  maps

  Mongol attack on

  society and economy

  trade of

  Damietta

  Danube river

  Dar al-Islam

  defined

  Muslim allegiance to

  Daulatabad

  capital of sultanate

  map

  Deccan

  Défrémery, C.

  Delhi, sultanate of

  and west coast of India

  government of

  international relations of

  lavish spending in

  map

  origins of

  rebellions against

  rule in Bengal

  Delhi (city)

  as center of Muslim culture

  architecture of

  capital of sultanate

  maps

  Denizli

  Deogir see Daulatabad

  Dhar

  Dhibat al-Mahal see Maldive islands

  dhikr

  Dhofar see Zafar

  dhow see ships

  Dhu l-Hulaifa

  Dinawar see Dondra

  Divehi

  Djerba island

  Dnieper river

  Doab

  Dome of the Rock

  Dondra

  Don river

  Dugha, official in Mali

  East African coast, society and economy of

  Eastern Hemisphere, as subject of history see intercommunicating zone

  Eastern Maghrib see Ifriqiya

  Ecumene, Afro-Eurasian see intercommunicating zone

  education, Islamic

  curriculum

  in Morocco

  in Mecca

  memorization in

  Egridir

  Egypt

  ancient ruins of

  Black Death in

  see also Cairo, Mamluk sultanate

  Egypt, upper

  Ephesus see Aya Suluk

  Erzincan

  Erzurum

  Ethiopia

  Euphrates river

  Europe, Black Death in

  Faid, map

  Famagusta

  faqih, defined

  farba (governor)

  Fars

  Fatima, daughter of Muhammad

  Fatimid dynasty

  Fattan see Pattan

  Feast of the Sacrifice

  Fez

  as center of learning

  founding of

  maps

  Marinid capital

  society and economy

  Fez Jdid (New Fez)

  fityan associations

  fiqh

  see also legal schools, shari’a

  forty days, as conventional figure

  Frescobaldi (Italian traveler)

  Fua Mulak island

  see also Maldive islands

  Fuengirola see Suhayl

  Fujian see Fukien province

  funduq see khan

  Fustat

  futuwwa

  see also fityan associations

  Fuzhou

  Gabès

  Gabriel, angel

  Galata

  Galilee

  Gallipoli

  Gampola

  Gandhar

  Gao

  Ganges river

  Gaykhatu, khan

  Gaza

  Genii river

  Genoa, Genoese

  Ghadamès

  Ghana

  al-Ghari, Kamal al-Din ’Abdallah

  Ghassana see Bayt al-Faqih

  Ghazan, ilkhan

  ghazis

  see also Turks

  Ghazna

  Ghaznavid dynasty

  Ghiyath al-Din, sultan

  Ghurid dynasty

  al-Ghuta

  Gibb, Sir Hamilton

  Gibraltar, strait of, historical importance of

  Gibraltar (city)

  Goa see Sandapur

  Golan Heights

  gold, of African Sudan

  Golden Horde

  see also Kipchak, khanate of

  Golden Horn

  Goynuk

  Granada, kingdom of see Nasrid sultnate

  Granada (city)

  Grand Canal

  Grand Kabylie mountains

  Great Swamp

  Greeks see Byzantine empire; Christianity, Christians, in Anatolia; Constantinople

  griot

  Guardafui, Cape see Ras Asir

  Guinea, republic of

  Gujarat

  Gumushane

  Gupta empire

  Gwalior

  Hacho, Mount

  hadith, defined

  al-Hadrami, ’Abdullah ibn Muhammad vizier

  Hafsid sultanate

  Hagia Sophia

  Hajar mountains

  hajj

  rites of

  see also caravans

  al Hajj (title)

  hajjis

  Hakluyt Society

  Haleb see Aleppo

  Hali

  al-Hallaniyah

  Hamadan

  Hamid, amirate of

  hammam

  Hanafi legal school see legal schools

  Hanbali legal school see legal schools

  Hangzhou

  Haram, in Mecca

  al-Harawi, Muhammad

  Harun al-Rashid, caliph

  al-Hasa

  Hasan, son of ’Ali

  al-Hasan, sultan

  al-Hasani, Abu Muhammad ’Abdallah

  al-Hawih, Pehlewan Muhammad

  Hazar Sutun see Thousand Pillars, Hall of the

  Hebron

  Herat

  Hijaz, Hijaz mountains

  Hijaz railway

  al-Hilla

  Hinawr see Honavar

  Hindu Kush

  Hindus

  influence on Islamic art

  in revolt against sultanate

  on west coast of India

  under Muslim rule

  Hiw

  Hodgson, Marshall

  Hoggar mountains see Ahaggar mountains

  Holy Land see Judaea, Palestine

  Holy Sepulchre, church of the

  Horns

  Honavar

  Honein

  Hoysalas kingdom

  Hu see Hiw

  Huang He

  al-Hufuf

  see also al-Hasa

  Hukkar mountains see Ahaggar mountains

  Hulegu, ilkhan

  Hurmuz (city)

  Hurmuz sultanate

  Hurnasab, wife of Ibn Battuta

  Husayn, Qutb al-Din

  Husayn, son of ’Ali

  Husuni Kubwa

  Ibadis

  Iberia, Iberian peninsula

  Christian conquest of

  Ibn ’Asim, Abu l’Kasim

  Ibn al-Athir

  Ibn al-Khatib

  Ibn al-Rifa’i, Ahmad

  Ibn Battouta (boat)

  Ibn Battuta, Abu ’Abdallah Muhammad

  academic and legal studies

  adminstration of tomb

  allegiance to Dar al-Islam

  and Muhammad Tughluq

  and plot to conquer Maldive islands

  and Sufism

  appointed envoy to China

  arrested in Delhi

  attitude toward Jews

  attitude toward people of the Sudan

  attitude toward Shi’a

  captured by bandits

  character and personality

  children of

  compared to Marco Polo

  Constantinople journey

  early life and education

  East Africa journey

  expenditures in India

  family of

  illnesses of

  in Anatolia

  in Arabia and Yemen

  in Bengal

  in Ceylon

  in Chagatay khanate

  in China

/>   income and gifts received

  in Delhi

  in Egypt

  in Ifriqiya

  in Iraq and Persia

  in Kipchak khanate

  in Ma’bar sultanate

  in Maldive islands

  in Mali (Sudan)

  in Mecca

  in northern India

  in Southeast Asia

  in Spain

  in Syria and Palestine

  in west coastal India

  journey across North Africa

  journeys across Sahara desert

  languages of

  later life and death

  marriages

  miles traveled

  return to Morocco

  service as qadi

  slaves and concubines of

  summary of life

  see also Rihla

  Ibn Hajar

  Ibn Jubayr

  quoted

  Ibn Juzayy, Abu ’Abdallah Muhammad

  collaboration with Ibn Battuta

  scholarship of

  Ibn Khafif, Abu ’Abdallah

  Ibn Khaldun, ’Abd al-Rahman

  Ibn Majid, Ahmad

  Ibn Mansur, ’Ali

  Ibn Marzuk, Muhammad

  Ibn Mustafa, ’Abd al-Rahman

  Ibn Sulayman, al-Hasan, sultan

  Ibn Taymiyya

  Ibn ’Ujayl, Ahmad

  Ibn Wadrar, Abu Ziyan, vizier

  Ibn Ziri

  Ibrahim, ship’s captain

  Ibyar

  ‘Id al-Adha see Feast of the Sacrifice

  ‘Id al-Fitr

  Idfu

  Idhaj

  al-Idrisi

  Ifriqiya

  ihram (garment and state of sanctity)

  ijaza (certificate)

  Ilkhan, defined

  Ilkhans, khanate of the

  Chinese influence on

  conversion to Islam

  disintegration of

  map

  rule in Anatolia

  wars of

  imam

  prayer leader

  shi’a leader

  In Azaoua

  Ince Minare, madrasa

  India, west coast, society and trade of

  see also Bengal; Delhi, sultanate of; Ma’bar sultanate

  Indian Ocean

  Indo-Muslims

  Indonesia

  Indus river

  intercommunicating zone, defined

  Iran see Persia

  Irano-Semitic region

  Iraq

  see also Baghdad; Ilkhans, khanate of the

  Iraq al-Ajami

  Irtisch river

  Isaac

  Isfahan

  Islam

  and Black Death

  beginnings of

  egalitarianism in

  expansion of: in Africa

  in Anatolia

  in China and Southeast Asia

  in India

  in Indian Ocean region

  in Kipchak khanate

  in Maldive islands

  western historical view of

  see also Shi’ism

  Izeh see Idhaj

  Izmir

  Izmit

  Iznik

  Jabal al-Musa see Hacho, Mount

  Jabal Sabir

  Jacob

  Jaffna, kingdom

  Jahanpanah

  Jains

  Jalali

  jalba

  Jam

  Jamal al-Din Muhammad, sultan

  Jamboli

  Jandarids, amirate of the

  Jarun (Jirun)

  Java

  Jaxartes river see Syr Darya river

  Jazira

  Jazirat al-Maghrib

  Jazirat ibn ’Umar see Cizre

  Jerusalem

  Jibal

  Jibla see Jubla

  Jidda

  jihad

  Joseph

  Jubla

  Judaea

  judge see qadi

  junks, Chinese see ships

  Jurfattan see Cannanore

 

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