Muhаmmаd Ibn Bаttutа or Ibn Bаṭūṭаh (February 25, 1304 – 1368 оr 1369), fullу ʾAbū ʿAbd al-Lāh Muḥаmmаd ibn ʿAbd аl-Lāh l-Lаwātī ṭ-Ṭanǧī ibn Bаṭūṭаh, was a mеdiеvаl Moroccan trаvеlеr аnd scholar...
Traveling - it gives you home in thousand strange places, then leaves you a stranger in your own land. Ibn Battuta
Traveling - it gives you home in thousand strange places, then leaves you a stranger in your own land.
Who lives sees, but who travels sees more. Ibn Battuta
Who lives sees, but who travels sees more.
He then commanded one of his disciples to take hold of, and to ascend by, this strap, which he did until he also went out of sight. Ibn Battuta
He then commanded one of his disciples to take hold of, and to ascend by, this strap, which he did until he also went out of sight.
The wind then became calmed in some degree: when, after sun-rise, we perceived that the mountain we had seen was in the air, and that we could see light between it and the sea. Ibn Battuta
The wind then became calmed in some degree: when, after sun-rise, we perceived that the mountain we had seen was in the air, and that we could see light between it and the sea.
Traveling—it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller. Ibn Battuta
Traveling—it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.
He then came down, panting for breath, and his clothes stained with blood. The man then kissed the ground before the General, who addressed him in Chinese, and gave him some other order. Ibn Battuta
He then came down, panting for breath, and his clothes stained with blood. The man then kissed the ground before the General, who addressed him in Chinese, and gave him some other order.
I one day saw, in the assembly of this prince, a man with a knife in his hand, which he placed upon his own neck; he then made a long speech, not a word of which I could understand. Ibn Battuta
I one day saw, in the assembly of this prince, a man with a knife in his hand, which he placed upon his own neck; he then made a long speech, not a word of which I could understand.
They said, What we supposed to be a mountain, is really a Rokh,1 and if he sees us, we shall assuredly perish, there being now between us and him a distance of ten miles only. Ibn Battuta
They said, What we supposed to be a mountain, is really a Rokh,1 and if he sees us, we shall assuredly perish, there being now between us and him a distance of ten miles only.
But God, in his goodness, gave us a good wind, and we steered our course in a direction from him, so that we saw no more of him; nor had we any knowledge of the particulars of his shape. Ibn Battuta
But God, in his goodness, gave us a good wind, and we steered our course in a direction from him, so that we saw no more of him; nor had we any knowledge of the particulars of his shape.
I answered, I never saw one do so. He smiled, and said: These our servants do so, out of their love to us. Ibn Battuta
I answered, I never saw one do so. He smiled, and said: These our servants do so, out of their love to us.
This also ascended till it went quite out of sight: he then threw the hand of the boy upon the ground, then his foot; then his other hand, then his other foot; then his body, then his head. Ibn Battuta
This also ascended till it went quite out of sight: he then threw the hand of the boy upon the ground, then his foot; then his other hand, then his other foot; then his body, then his head.
I proceeded, therefore, and after a voyage of fifty days, came to the countries of the hBarahnakār,5 a people who have mouths like those of dogs. This is a vile race. Ibn Battuta
I proceeded, therefore, and after a voyage of fifty days, came to the countries of the hBarahnakār,5 a people who have mouths like those of dogs. This is a vile race.
