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IBNU BATUTAH #3 The sultan of Malli is Mansa Sulayman, mansa
IBNU BATUTAH #3 The sultan of Malli is Mansa Sulayman, mansa meaning [in Mandingo] sultan, and Sulayman being his proper name. He is a miserly king,...

IBNU BATUTAH #2 [I] arrived at the royal city of Fez on Friday,
IBNU BATUTAH #2 [I] arrived at the royal city of Fez on Friday, at the end of the month of Shaban of the year 750 [November 13, 1349]. I presented m...

IBNU BATUTAH #1C That same evening [the third day after leaving
IBNU BATUTAH #1C That same evening [the third day after leaving al-Ula, on the route from Syria and Damascus] we entered the holy sanctuary and reach...

IBNU BATUTAH #1B Arrival at Alexandria pp. 47-50 At length
IBNU BATUTAH #1B Arrival at Alexandria pp. 47-50 At length on April 5th (1326) we reached Alexandria. It is a beautiful city, well-built and fortifi...

IBNU BATUTAH #1D Ibn Battuta returns to Yemen pp.
IBNU BATUTAH #1D Ibn Battuta returns to Yemen pp. 113-115. From Kulwa we sailed to Dhafari [Dhofar], at the extremity of Yemen [near the border with...