The Rihla, formally A Gift to Those Who Contemplate the Wonders of Cities and the Marvels of Traveling, dictated by Ibn Battuta to the scholar Ibn Juzayy and completed around 1355, is the principal primary source for Ibn Battuta's own account of nearly three decades of travel across the Islamic world and beyond. Its authority is that of the traveler's own dictated firsthand narrative, the foundational document for everything known about his journeys. Its limit is that it is a single traveler's own retrospective account, dictated years after some of the journeys it describes, so specific dates and details have been checked and occasionally revised by later historians. Cite it as the primary account; a disputed detail needs a dedicated historical study.
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The Rihla, dictated by Ibn Battuta to Ibn Juzayy around 1355, the top tier reflecting that it is the traveler's own firsthand dictated narrative, the foundational document for his journeys. It is a single traveler's retrospective account, dictated years after some journeys it describes, so specific dates and details have been checked and occasionally revised by later historians. NotesDictated account of nearly three decades of travel across the Islamic world and beyond, the principal primary source for Ibn Battuta's journeys.
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AuthorIbn Battuta, dictated to Ibn Juzayy
Publication Year1355
Source TypeBook (primary)
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