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" The odyssey of Ibn Battuta : "
David Waines.
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BL
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693318
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b515507
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| Main Entry
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Waines, David.
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| Title & Author
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The odyssey of Ibn Battuta : : uncommon tales of a medieval adventurer /\ David Waines.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: I. B. Tauris,, 2010.
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x, 226 p., [12] of plates :: ill., map ;; 24 cm.
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1845118057 (hbk.)
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: 9781845118051 (hbk.)
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Also published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2010.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-216) and index.
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| Abstract
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"Ibn Battuta was, without doubt, one of the world's truly great travellers. Born in fourteenth-century Morocco and a contemporary of Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta has left us an account in his own words of his remarkable journeys throughout the Islamic world and beyond. ... David Waines discusses [Ibn Battuta's work], life, and times ..."--Jacket.
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Ibn Batuta,1304-1377-- Travel-- Islamic Empire.
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Ibn Batuta,1304-1377., Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʼib al-amṣār wa-ʻajāʼib al-asfār.
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Travel, Medieval.
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Travelers-- Islamic Empire, Biography.
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Islamic Empire, Description and travel, Early works to 1800.
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G370.I2W35 2010
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Ibn Batuta,1304-1377.
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Ibn Battuta
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