The adventures of Ibn Battuta

The story you are about to read is a true story about a famous traveler named Ibn Batutta. Ibn Batutta lived about four hundred years ago and travelled to a great many countries. You will read about the place he visited. Some of the places no longer exist, while others still do. You will also read a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mohd. Asraf, Ratnawati
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Budaya Ilmu Sdn Bhd 1993
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/30358/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/30358/1/The_adventures_of_Ibn_Battuta.pdf
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Summary:The story you are about to read is a true story about a famous traveler named Ibn Batutta. Ibn Batutta lived about four hundred years ago and travelled to a great many countries. You will read about the place he visited. Some of the places no longer exist, while others still do. You will also read about how people lived during those times. You will see what things were important to them, how they behaved, and how they felt, it will be interesting to compare how things in these countries may have changed or how they have remained the same. As you read the book, you will also find out about the things that are important to Ibn Batutta. You will find that Ibn Batutta spent a lot of time describing the scholars that he met. This is because Ibn Batutta had a love for knowledge. In fact, the main purpose of his travelling was the pursuit of knowledge. He wanted to seek knowledge because the seeking of knowledge is very important in Islam; it is the duty of every Muslim man and every Muslim woman to seek knowledge. We hope you will enjoy reading this book. All the events in this book are true and are based on Ibn Batutta’s own writing of his travels we have left out a great part of his travels and have only described those that would probably interest you. We hope you will learn about Ibn Batutta, about the pace he visited, and the people he met. We hope that we have helped to make a part of history come alive for you