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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
His master then called him three times, but no answer came: he then took a knife in his hand, apparently in anger, which he applied to the strap. Ibn Battuta
His master then called him three times, but no answer came: he then took a knife in his hand, apparently in anger, which he applied to the strap.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?