About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 35. Chapters: Ibn Battuta, Philippa of Hainault, Peter of Castile, Aaron ben Elijah, Peter I of Cyprus, Blanche of Lancaster, Tr n D Tong, Patrick V, Earl of March, Katherine Mortimer, Countess of Warwick, Henry V of Iron, Margaret, Countess of Tyrol, Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick, Uthong, William II, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg, Thomas Grey, John Chandos, Agnes Randolph, Magnus the Pious, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg, Chang Yuchun, Robert de Munro, 8th Baron of Foulis, Henry of Niemodlin, John Grandisson, Robert de Scales, 3rd Baron Scales, Bartholomew de Burghersh, 2nd Baron Burghersh, Henry Green, Michael de Poynings, 2nd Baron Poynings, Nicholas of Autrecourt, Amadeus IV of Geneva, Wenceslaus of Niemodlin, Prochorus Cydones, Gruffudd Fychan II, Robert d'Ufford, 1st Earl of Suffolk, Lewis de Charleton, Thomas Percy, Marcus of Viterbo. Excerpt: Hajji Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta (Arabic: ), or simply Ibn Battuta, also known as Shams ad-Din (February 25, 1304-1368 or 1369), was a Moroccan Berber Islamic traveller known for his fascinating travels published in the Rihla (literally, "The Journey"). Spanning thirty years and most of the known Islamic world, he then extended beyond North Africa, the Horn of Africa, West Africa, Southern Europe and Eastern Europe in the West, to the Middle East, South Asia, Central Asia, Southeast Asia and China in the East, a distance surpassing his near-contemporary Marco Polo. Ibn Battuta is considered one of the greatest travellers of all time. He travelled more than 75,000 miles (121,000 km), a figure unsurpassed by any individual traveller until the coming of the Steam Age some 450 years later. A 13th century book illustration produced in Baghdad by al-Wasiti showing a group of pilgrims on a Hajj.The Rihla supplies biographical background. Ibn Battuta was born into a Berber fami...
