Ibn Battuta 2Where did he go? (pp. 1-110)Journeys: 12Political rulers and groupsEventsYet more eventsStill more eventsEven more eventsWhat did Ibn Battuta do?All those SufisMevlevi mosque, JerusalemIbn Battuta 2Carl ErnstIntroduction to Islamic CivilizationWhere did he go? (pp. 1-110)Tangier, Tlemcen, Algiers, Tunis, Alexandria, the Nile, Cairo, Aydhab, Damascus, Hebron, Jerusalem, Medina, Basra, Isfahan, Shiraz, Tabriz2Journeys: 1324Political rulers and groupsHafsid sultanate of Ifriqiya`Abd al-Wadid dynastyBanu Hilal in North AfricaMamluks in EgyptTatars/Mongols, atabegs (Turkish “tutors”)Europeans, p. 1005EventsAlms 35Madrasa college 37, 98Spice route 41Customs enforcement 43Futuwwa or youth/chivalry organizations 44Brain drain 466Yet more eventsMarkets, caravanserais 46Ulama 48Tax-farming 49Hospital ([bi-]maristan) 49-50Curriculum 51; ijaza diplomas 61Prophecies 44, 537Still more eventsPilgrimage Palestine 55, Dome of the Rock 57; hajj 66; Medina 69; Mecca 70-2; Arafa and Id 76-7; Najaf 90Nomadic invasion 83-4, 100, urban culture and local collaborators 85, conversion 86, 99Universal history of Rashid al-Din 87; Chinese ideas 888Even more eventsBilingualism 88Shi`ism 90No repeat travels 93Ordu (encampment) 989What did Ibn Battuta do?Qadi of caravan 38double camel litter 89never a jurist of 1st rank 10910All those SufisAlexandria 44Idfu 52Jerusalem 57 (khirqa)Mecca (Granadan) 68, ribat 75Umm Ubaida (Wasit) Rifai 91Abadan 93Isfahan khirqa 94Shiraz 96Sinjar woman sheikh 10211Mevlevi mosque,
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