A panoramic account of Ibn Batuta’s voyage to maritime Southeast Asia

• Main Author: Arshad Islam, Islam
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: BL Religion; BM Judaism; BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc; BP1 Islam; D History (General); D111 Medieval History; DT Africa; G Geography (General); Z004 Books. Writing. Paleography
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/70478/18/70478%20programme.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/70478/1/Abstract-Ibn%20Batuta.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/70478/
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

The legendary medieval Muslim traveller, Ibn Batuta (1304-1368), was the author of one of the most celebrated travelogues, his Rehlah (Travels). He travelled across most of the Muslim world, from his home in Tangier to China and Southeast Asia, covering some 75,000 miles. After staying many years in...