Ibn Battuta part 3PlacesTurkish LandsTopics and eventsMore topics and eventsEven more topics and eventsBetel and areca nuts (124, 128): “paan” and the Indian oceanMuzaffariyya Mosque, Taizz, Yemen (115). ArchNetAden (119). Center for Arabic Language and Eastern Studies photoHusuni Kubwa palace, KilwaFort of Nizwa, Oman (131) ArchNetKonya, ca. 1865 ArchNetKonya: Mevlana Museum ArchNetMore SufisIbn Battuta part 3Carl ErnstIntroduction to Islamic CivilizationPlaces Jidda, Zabid, San’a, Aden, Mogadishu, Mombasa, Kilwa , Zafar2Turkish Lands3Topics and eventsKurdish and Turkish invasion of Yemen, this is by Indian, Ceylonese, and Chinese ambassadorsTransition from Irano-Semitic heartland to Indian ocean: Islamic cosmopolitanism (116-7)Zeila (122): unpleasant smell of fresh fish and slaughter channelsPort of Mogadishu, Somali and Swahili languages4More topics and eventsSharifs and sayyids: aristocratic status of descendents of the Prophet (125)Gold trade and indoor plumbing (127)Need for a Persian speaking guide (137)Europeans in Latakia (139), Crimea (159, 162)Turks, Turkomans, Mongols – Ilkhan vassals, population changesFranks in Constantinople, 1204-1261Seven kings of the world (160)5Even more topics and eventsByzantine architecture and the TurksKonya and the brain drain (Rumi)Akhi fraternal groups (145), futuwwaThe skill of flattery (149), rewards (153-4)From ghazis to civilized princes (151)Drowning (154)Kipchaks (Golden Horde), Crim (159)Christianize edition of Mongols (162)6Betel and areca nuts (124, 128): “paan” and the Indian ocean 7Muzaffariyya Mosque, Taizz, Yemen (115). ArchNet 8Aden (119). Center for Arabic Language and Eastern Studies photo 9Husuni Kubwa palace, Kilwa 10Fort of Nizwa, Oman (131) ArchNet 11Konya, ca. 1865 ArchNet 12Konya: Mevlana Museum ArchNet 13More SufisJidda 112 – prayers and worshipZabid (Yemen) 114 – storytelling about saint who debated Zaydi Shi`isKuria Muria Islands near Oman (129)Khunj, Persia (131)Mudurnu, Anatolia (155) – hospiceAl-Qiram or Crimea (164) -- hospice14Kuria Muria islands
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