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...
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.
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 was wondering much at the circumstance, when the King said to me: Does any among you do such a thing as this? Ibn Battuta
I was wondering much at the circumstance, when the King said to me: Does any among you do such a thing as this?
I was much astonished at this: but, seeing the sailors in the utmost perturbation, and bidding farewell to one another, I said, Pray what is the matter? Ibn Battuta
I was much astonished at this: but, seeing the sailors in the utmost perturbation, and bidding farewell to one another, I said, Pray what is the matter?
He then took a wooden sphere, in which there were holes, and in these long straps, and threw it up into the air till it went out of sight, as I myself witnessed, while the strap remained in his hand. Ibn Battuta
He then took a wooden sphere, in which there were holes, and in these long straps, and threw it up into the air till it went out of sight, as I myself witnessed, while the strap remained in his hand.
I was astonished, and was seized in consequence by a palpitation at the heart: but they gave me some drink, and I recovered. Ibn Battuta
I was astonished, and was seized in consequence by a palpitation at the heart: but they gave me some drink, and I recovered.
He then firmly grasped the knife, and its sharpness and the force with which he urged it were such, that he severed his head from his body, and it fell on the ground. Ibn Battuta
He then firmly grasped the knife, and its sharpness and the force with which he urged it were such, that he severed his head from his body, and it fell on the ground.
I have indeed - praise be to God - attained my desire in this world, which was to travel through the earth, and i have attained in this respect what no other person has attained to my knowledge. Ibn Battuta
I have indeed - praise be to God - attained my desire in this world, which was to travel through the earth, and i have attained in this respect what no other person has attained to my knowledge.
Their men are of the same form with ourselves, except that their mouths are like those of dogs ;6 but the women have mouths like other folks. Ibn Battuta
Their men are of the same form with ourselves, except that their mouths are like those of dogs ;6 but the women have mouths like other folks.
At the banquet were present the Khān’s jugglers, the chief of whom was ordered to shew some of his wonders. Ibn Battuta
At the banquet were present the Khān’s jugglers, the chief of whom was ordered to shew some of his wonders.
The judge of the Mohammedans was sitting by my side, who swore, that there was neither ascent, descent, nor cutting away of limbs, but the whole was mere juggling. Ibn Battuta
The judge of the Mohammedans was sitting by my side, who swore, that there was neither ascent, descent, nor cutting away of limbs, but the whole was mere juggling.
The juggler then took the limbs of the boy and applied them one to another: he then stamped upon them, and it stood up complete and erect. Ibn Battuta
The juggler then took the limbs of the boy and applied them one to another: he then stamped upon them, and it stood up complete and erect.
