Rihla

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Rihla is the famous travelogue of the 14th-century Moroccan explorer Ibn Battuta, chronicling his extensive journeys across the Islamic world and beyond.

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Rihla canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Arabic literary work
travelogue
author Ibn Battuta
commissionedBy Abu Inan Faris
Marinid dynasty
compiledBy Ibn Juzayy
contains descriptions of courts
descriptions of customs
descriptions of rulers
descriptions of trade routes
historical observations
legal observations
religious observations
countryOfOrigin Morocco
dateOfCompilation 1350s
describesCity Baghdad
Cairo
Constantinople (probable)
surface form: Constantinople

Damascus
Delhi
Granada
Mecca
Medina
describesRegion Anatolia
Central Asia
China
East Africa
South Asia
surface form: Indian subcontinent

Maldives
Middle East
North Africa
Southeast Asia
West Africa
genre autobiographical narrative
travel literature
influenced later travel literature
literaryForm prose
mainSubject Islamic world in the 14th century
ethnography
geography
travels of Ibn Battuta
notableFor breadth of geographic coverage
detail on Islamic institutions
firsthand eyewitness accounts
originalLanguage Arabic
timePeriodDescribed 14th century
titleMeaning journey
usedAsSourceFor historical geography
medieval Islamic history
social history of the Islamic world

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Ibn Battuta notableWork Rihla
Ibn Battuta (region of Sindh) notableWork Rihla
subject surface form: Ibn Battuta