Journey through the medieval Muslim world and beyond with Ibn Battuta, the greatest traveller of his time.
Ibn Battuta (1304–1368/9 CE) was no ordinary traveller. His insatiable desire to explore took him further than any other man in medieval times. But did you know that along the way he served sultans, sailed angry seas and even soared above mountains on the back of a bird?
In this short biography you will discover how Ibn Battuta’s travels took him to nearly every part of the Muslim world at the time. Between 1325 CE when he set off from Morocco and 1354 CE when he finally returned home, he had visited about forty modern countries and travelled roughly 75,000 miles, going on foot, camel, horse, wagon, boat and even sled.About The Series
● Written in a simple style
● full of quotations from their own works
● illustrated throughout with artwork and photographs
● includes detailed maps
● plus a glossary and further reading
Beautifully Written in Simple Straightforward Language
Ideal Gift to Young Students
About The Author
Edoardo Albert is a London-based writer of Italian and Sri Lankan extraction. He also wrote Imam al-Ghazali: A concise life which was the first book in the ‘Kube Concise Life’ series.
Ibn Battuta (1304–1368/9 CE) was no ordinary traveller. His insatiable desire to explore took him further than any other man in medieval times. But did you know that along the way he served sultans, sailed angry seas and even soared above mountains on the back of a bird?
In this short biography you will discover how Ibn Battuta’s travels took him to nearly every part of the Muslim world at the time. Between 1325 CE when he set off from Morocco and 1354 CE when he finally returned home, he had visited about forty modern countries and travelled roughly 75,000 miles, going on foot, camel, horse, wagon, boat and even sled.About The Series
● Written in a simple style
● full of quotations from their own works
● illustrated throughout with artwork and photographs
● includes detailed maps
● plus a glossary and further reading
Beautifully Written in Simple Straightforward Language
Ideal Gift to Young Students
About The Author
Edoardo Albert is a London-based writer of Italian and Sri Lankan extraction. He also wrote Imam al-Ghazali: A concise life which was the first book in the ‘Kube Concise Life’ series.