Ibn Battuta

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Ibn Battuta

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1marc_beherec
Apr 25, 2009, 5:57 pm

I know calling Islamic history Ancient is a bit of a stretch, but I thought some of you might nevertheless be able to give me some advice.

I'm looking for a complete translation of Ibn Battuta's travels. Unfortunately, it seems most of the editions available are abridgements, but this is seldom noted in the book information on the online websites I've been looking at. Does anyone know of a good, complete translation of Ibn Battuta's work?

2Mr.Durick
Apr 25, 2009, 7:14 pm

I don't know of a complete translation because it sounds tedious, but I would look in the bibliographies of The Adventures of Ibn Battuta or Travels with a Tangerine for their recommendations.

I don't know where my copies are, or I would do it for you.

Robert

3MMcM
Apr 25, 2009, 10:13 pm

Yes, the “Bibliographical Note” to Travels with a Tangerine outlines the story of the Defrémery and Sanguinetti French and Gibb English translations, as I did briefly in the other topic. And recommends the Arabic edition by Abdelhadi Tazi. For a bibliography of secondary sources, it does indeed defer to The Adventures of Ibn Battuta.