HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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he wrote a book/journal about them
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he took pictures of his travels
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the stories of his travels were passed down through songs
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Ibn Battuta was not a traveler
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Detailed explanation-1: -The travelogue. After returning home from his travels in 1354, and at the suggestion of the Marinid ruler of Morocco, Abu Inan Faris, Ibn Battuta dictated an account in Arabic of his journeys to Ibn Juzayy, a scholar whom he had previously met in Granada. The account is the only source for Ibn Battuta’s adventures.
Detailed explanation-2: -The full title of the book of his journeys is Tuhfat al-anzar fi gharaaib al-amsar wa ajaaib al-asfar (A gift to those who contemplate the wonders of cities and the marvels of traveling), but it is commonly referred to as Ibn Battuta’s Rihla (rihla means journey).
Detailed explanation-3: -Ibn Battuta’s book of travels, called Rihla, written in Arabic, provides extremely rich and interesting details about the social and cultural life of the subcontinent in the fourteenth century.