Ibn Batuta, the Arab Marco Polo
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Regionally Specific Selections
- Ibn Batuta. Ibn Battuta Travels in Asia and Africa,
1325-1354. London: Routledge, 1929.
Davis G490 .I2 1929
Perkins 915 I13 T899 1929
Duke Library Service Center 915 I13T
Davis G490 .I2 1969 (1969 reprint)
Davis G490 .I2 1983 (1983 reprint)
- Lengthy selections from the original H.A.R. Gibson translation.
- Cathay and the Way Thither: Being a Collection of
Medieval Notices of China,
New Delhi, India: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd., 1998,
[reprint of 1916 Hakluyt Society ed.].
Davis DS708 .C372 1998 v. IV
Davis G161 .H2 2nd ser. no. 41 (original Hakluyt edition)
Perkins 910.6 H156 no. 36-37 1916 v. IV
Perkins 910.6 H156, Ser. 2, no. 38, 33, 37, 41 (original Hakluyt edition) - Section VI of this volume excerpts Ibn Batuta's Travels in Bengal and China (though the table of contents confusingly outlines his entire journey). There is an extensive "Introductory Notice" and notes. The second half of volume IV deals with the later European traveler Benedict Goes.
- The Travels of Ibn Battuta to Central Asia.
introduced and edited by Ibrahimov Nematulla Ibrahimovich. Reading, UK:
Ithaca Press, 1999.
Davis DS327.7 .I26213 1999 - This book contains a 31-page excerpt of The Travels in Arabic as well as an English translation and supporting text in English including an introduction, an essay on the history of the translation and publication of The Travels, and commentary on the text.
- Ibn Batuta. Ibn Battuta in Black Africa.
Translated from the Arabic and edited by Said Hamdun and Noel King.
London: Collings, 1975.
Davis DT365.2 .I26132
Perkins 916.704 I131 - Selections from The Travels describing Ibn Batuta's travels through the Sahara Desert and the eastern coast of Africa.
- Ibn Batuta. The Rehla (India, Maldive Islands and
Ceylon). Baroda, India: Oriental Institute, 1953.
Perkins 915.4 I13R - Includes biographical appendixes, glossary, maps and black and white photos.
- Ali, Abdullah Yusuf. Three Travellers to India: Being
a Simple Account of India as Seen by Yuan Chwang (Hiuen Tsiang), Ibn
Batuta, and Bernier. Lahore: al-Biruni, 1978.
Perkins 915.4042 A398 T531 1978 - Excerpts from three travelers' observations of India.
