The Adventures of Ibn Battuta: A Muslim Traveler of the Fourteenth Century

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by Ross E. Dunn


  jurists see faqih; legal schools; scholars, Muslim

  Juvaini, ’Ata Malik

  Ka’ba

  Kabara

  Kabis see Gabès

  Kabul

  Kaffa

  Kafur, sultanate official

  Kainuk see Goynuk

  Kairouan, battle of

  kakam

  see also ships

  Kakula see Qaqula

  Kanara

  Kanauj

  Karakorum

  Karaman

  Karasi, amirate of

  Karawiyin mosque

  Karbala

  Karsakhu

  Kashmir

  Kastamonu

  Kawkaw see Gao

  Kawlam see Quilon

  Kaylukari

  Kayseri

  Kazarun

  Keita clan

  Kenya

  Kerch

  Kerman

  Kermanshah

  Khadija, queen

  al-Khalil see Hebron

  Khalil, Maliki scholar

  Khalji, ’Ala al-Din

  Khalji dynasty

  al-Khammar, ’Aziz

  khan (caravansary)

  khanqa

  see also zawiya

  Khansa see Hang-chou

  khatun

  Khawak pass

  Khidr, Indian scholar

  khirqa

  Khubilai Khan

  Khunj

  Khunju Pal see Khunj

  Khurasan

  khutba

  Khwaja Jahan

  Khwarizm

  Khyber pass

  Kil’a Ray Pithora

  Kilwa

  Kinalos island

  see also Maldive islands

  Kinbaya see Cambay

  Kipchak, khanate of

  al-Kiswa (village)

  kiswa (Ka’ba covering)

  Koil

  Konkan

  Konya

  Korea

  Kose Dagh, battle of

  Kuang-chou see Canton

  Kubbat al-Skhra see Dome of the Rock

  Kufa

  Kuma river

  Kumish see Gumushane

  Kunakar

  Kuria Muria islands

  Kuzey Anadolou Daghlari see Pontic mountains

  Ladhiq

  Ladiqiya see Latakia

  Lahari

  Lahore

  Lajazzo see Ayas

  Lar

  Laranda see Karaman

  Las Navas de Tolosa, battle of

  Latakia

  lateen sail

  law, Islamic see shari’a, legal schools

  Lawata

  Lee, Samuel

  legal schools

  Hanafi

  Hanbali

  Maliki: in Damascus

  in Egypt

  in India

  in Maldive islands

  in North Africa

  Shafi’i

  Leo Africanus

  Levantine coast

  Libya

  Little Armenia

  Little Kabylie mountains

  liwan

  Luristan

  Lurs

  Luxor

  Ma’an

  Ma’bar sultanate

  Manzikert, battle of

  al-Machar

  Machul

  McNeill, William

  Madagascar

  madhhab see legal schools

  madrasas

  architecture of

  origin and spread of

  Madurai

  Maghrib

  kingdoms of

  pilgrimage and trade routes of

  mahalla

  Maharashtra

  Mahdali dynasty

  mahmal

  Mahtuli

  Majd al-Din

  Majorca

  el-Mahalla el-Kubra

  al-Makhdumah Jahan

  Malabar

  Malacca, strait of

  Malaga

  Malamir see Idhaj

  Malaya

  Malayalam

  Malay states

  Maldive islands

  geography of

  government of

  map

  society and economy

  Male

  Mali

  army and government

  ceremonies of mansas

  location of capital

  map

  religious policies of mansas

  rise of

  sex relations in

  see also mansas

  al-Malik al-Zahir Ahmad, sultan

  Malik ibn ’Anas

  Maliki legal school see legal schools

  Malinke

  Malosmadulu atoll

  see also Maldive islands

  mamluks, defined

  Mamluk sultanate

  and Yemen

  government of

  in upper Egypt

  maps

  origin and rise of

  overlordship in Arabia

  plague mortality of ruling class

  rivalries within

  supervision of hajj

  Mangalore

  Manisa

  Manjurur see Mangalore

  Mannar, gulf of

  mansas

  see also Mali; Musa, Mansa; Sulayman, Mansa

  al-Maqrizi

  Marbella

  Mardin

  Mari-Jaata see Sunjaata

  Marinid sultanate

  compared to Mamluks

  Maristan

  Marmara, sea of

  Marrakech

  Marseille

  al-Marwa

  Mashhad ’Ali see al-Najaf

  Masira

  Masufa Berbers

  Mawarannahr see Transoxiana

  Mawj-Darya, ’Ali al-Din

  Mecca

  see also hajj

  Medina

  Mediterranean Sea

  climate compared to Indian Ocean

  trade on

  Medjerda river

  Meghna river

  Mehmed, amir

  Mekong river

  Menteshe, amirate of

  merchants

  European: in Black Sea

  in Eastern Mediterranean

  in North Africa

  in Persia

  Muslim: expansion of

  in African Sudan

  in Bay of Bengal and China Seas

  in China

  in Indian Ocean region

  Mercy, mount of

  Mesopotamia

  see also Ilkhans, khanate of the

  Michael VIII, emperor

  Middle Period, defined

  migration, of literate Muslims

  Milas

  Miliana

  Mina

  Ming dynasty

  Minya

  Misr see Fustat

  Miuss river

  Mogadishu

  Mombasa

  money

  Indian government policy on

  paper

  Mongols

  and Islamic expansion

  conquests of

  in Anatolia

  in Persia

  in Russia and Eastern Europe

  in Transoxiana

  raids in India

  rule in China

  wars with Mamluks

  see also Chagatay, khanate of; Ilkhans, khanate of the; Kipchak, khanate of; Yuan dynasty

  monsoon winds

  Morocco

  see also Marinid sultanate

  Mosul

  Mozambique channel

  Mreyye

  Mubarak Shah, Fakhr al-Din, sultan

  Mudurnu

  muezzin

  Muhammad

  Muhammad V, king

  muhtasib

  mujawir

  Multan

  Muqaddimah, The

  see also Ibn Khaldun

  Musa, mansa

  musalla

  Muscat

  Muslim rulers, duties of

  Mustansiriya, madrasa

  Mustawfi, H
amd Allah

  Muturni see Mudurnu

  al-Muwaffaq, Sufi lodge

  Muzaffariya, madrasa

  Muzaffariya, mosque

  Muzdalifah

  Nablus

  Nafud desert

  al-Nafzawi, Abu ’Abdallah

  al-Najaf

  Nakhshab

  Narmada river

  Nasir al-Din, sultan

  al-Nasir Muhammad ibn Qala’un sultan

  Nasrid sultanate

  Nazwa

  Nejd plateau

  Nestorian Christians

  New Saray

  Niani

  Nicaea see Iznik

  Nicomedia see Izmit

  Niger river

  Nile, Blue

  Nile delta

  Nile river, trade of

  Nishapur

  Nizamiya, madrasa

  Nizwa see Nazwa

  nomads

  see also Arab nomads, Mongols, Turks

  North Africa see Maghrib

  Nur al-Din ’Ali, Malik Mujahid, sultan

  Odoric of Pordenone

  Ogedei, khan

  Old Saray

  see also New Saray

  Oljeitu, ilkhan

  Oman

  Oman, Gulf of

  Oran

  ordu

  Orkhan, sultan

  ortakh

  Osman, sultan

  Osmanlis see Ottomans

  Ottoman state

  Ozbeg, khan

  reign of

  Palestine

  Palk strait

  Palmyra

  Panjshir valley

  Pattan

  Pax Mongolica

  Pemba island

  Pergamom see Berganma

  Persia

  effects of Mongol conquest on

  see also Ilkhans, khanate of the

  Persian gulf maps

  Persian language

  Persians

  cultural influence: in Anatolia

  in India

  in China

  migration to India of

  Pharos island

  Phrygia

  pilgrimage see caravans, hajj

  pirates see bandits and pirates

  Pisa

  plague

  see also Black Death

  Polo, Maffeo

  Polo, Marco

  book by

  compared to Ibn Battuta

  Pompey’s pillar

  Pontic mountains

  Provençals

  Punjab

  Puttalam

  Pyatigorsk see Bish Dagh

  Pyrard, François

  qadi

  defined

  of caravan

  qadi al-quadt

  al-Qahirah see Cairo

  Qais

  Qala’un, Sayf al-Din, sultan

  Qalhat

  Qandahar see Gandhar

  Qanjanfu

  Qaqula

  al-Qatif

  Qatya

  Qena

  Qinnawj see Kanauj

  al-Qiram

  Qiwam al-din, Khudhawand-Zada

  Quanzhou

  Quilon

  qumizz

  Qunduz

  Qur’an

  qurqura

  Qus

  Qutb Minar

  Qutlugh Khan

  Rabigh

  Rafidi

  rafiq

  rajas

  Ramadan

  Ramhormoz

  Ramiz see Ramhormoz

  Ras Abu Shagara

  Ras al-Hadd

  Ras Asir

  Ras Dawa’ir see Ras Abu Shagara

  Rashid al-Din, Fazlullah

  Rasulid sultanate

  see also Yemen

  Ratnapura

  Ravi river

  reconquista see Iberia

  Red Sea

  Red Sea Hills

  Rehendi Kabadi Kilege see Khadija, queen

  Rif mountains

  Rifa’i brotherhood

  rihla (genre of literature)

  defined

  of al-Abdari

  of Ibn Jubayr

  Rihla, of Ibn Battuta

  authenticity of

  chronology and itinerary problems: Anatolia

  China

  Constantinople

  Egypt and Syria

  India

  journey to Bulghar

  journey to East Africa

  journey to India

  Khurasan

  Yemen

  composing of

  contents described

  descriptions: of China

  of Delhi

  of India

  domestic and marital affairs in

  historical value of

  history of

  maritime technology in

  notes for

  organization of

  translations of

  see also Ibn Battuta, Ibn Juzayy

  Rio Guadiaro

  Rio Salado, battle of

  Riyadh

  Rock of Zion

  Ronda

  Rosetta branch, of the Nile

  Rubruck, William of

  rukhkh

  Rumi, Jalal al-Din

  Russia, Mongol rule of

  Russian Orthodox Church

  Rusticello, of Pisa

  Sabta see Ceuta

  sadaqa

  Sa’di

  al-Safa

  Safi

  Sahel

  al-Sahili, Abu Ishaq

  St. Thomas

  Sakarya river

  Saladin

  Salé

  salt, trade in

  Samannud

  Samarkand

  sambuq

  Samudra

  samum

  San’a

  Sandapur

  raja of

  map

  Sankarani river see Sansara river

  Sanguinetti, B.R.

  Sansara river

  al-Sara’ see New Saray, Old Saray

  Saray see New Saray, Old Saray

  Saraychik

  Sardinia

  Sargadwari

  Sarju river

  Sartiz, Imad al-Mulk

  Sarukhan, amirate of

  Satgaon see Chittagong

  Satpura range

  sa’y

  sayyids see sharifs

  scholars, Muslim

  in Anatolia

  in Damascus

  in Delhi sultanate

  in Egypt

  in Mecca

  in Persia

  in Sudan

  migrations of

  Ségou

  Sehwan

  Seljukids see Seljuks, of Anatolia

  Seljiks, Great

  see also Turks

  Seljuks, of Anatolia

  Semeonis, Symon

  Senegal river

  Serbia, kingdom of

  Seville

  Sfax

  Shafi’i legal school see legal schools

  Shagara

  Shah, Jalal

  Shalia see Shaliyat

  Shaliyat

  shari’a

  see also legal schools; scholars, Muslim

  Sharif Ibrahim

  sharifs

  in East Africa

  of Mecca and Medina

  Shatt al-’Arab

  shaykh

  Shi’a see Shi’ism

  Shihab al-Din

  Shi’ism

  ships

  Chinese junks

  of Arabian Sea

  of Mediterranean

  of Red Sea

  see also jalba, sambuq

  Shiraz

  Shiva

  shurbdar

  Shushtar

  Sicilian channel

  Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha)

  Sierra Bermeja

  Sierra de Mijas

  Sierra de Ronda

  Sijilmasa

  Sinai peninsula

  Sinhalese

  Sind

  Sinjar

  Sinope
/>   Siraf

  Siri

  Sirte see Surt

  Sitt Zahida

  Sivas

  Slave dynasty

  Smyrna see Izmir

  Socotra island

  Sofala

  Sohar

  Sokolo

  Soldaia see Sudak

  Solomon, temple of

  Somali, Somalia

  Sonargaon

  Soninke

  Souman river

  Sousse

  South China Sea

  Sri Lanka see Ceylon

  states, educated Muslims’ view of

  Stavropol plateau

  Suakin

  Subedei

  Suchem, Ludolph von

  sudak

  Sudan

  see also Mali

  Sudkawan see Chittagong

  Suez Canal

  Suez, Gulf of

  Sufis, Sufism

  growth of

  Suhayl

  Suhrawardiya brotherhood

  Sulayman, mansa

  Sulayman mountains

  Sultan Daghlari mountains

  Sultaniya

  Sumatra

  see also Samudra

  Sumbul, sultanate official

  Sumra revolt

  Sunisa

  Sunjata

  Sunni Islam

  Sunusa see Sunisa

  Sur

  Surt

  Swahili

  Sylhet

  Syr Darya river

  Syria

  see also Damascus

  Takedda

  Tabriz

  al-Tabrizi, Jalal al-Din see Shah Jalal

  al-Tabrizi, Sharif al-Din

  Tabuk

  Tadmor see Palmyra

  Tafilalt

  Taghaza

  Taghribirdi

  Ta’izz

  Tajo river

  takshif

  Tamattu’

  Tamils

  Tana see Azak

  T’ang empire

  Tangier

  Tanja see Tangier

  Tankiz, Saif al-Din

  Tapti river

  taqyid

  Tarifa

  Tarmashirin, khan

  Tasarahla see Bir al-Ksaib

  Tashkent

  Tatars see Mongols

  Taurus mountains

  tawaf

  Tawalisi

  Taza

  Teke

  Tenasserim coast

  Tenès

  Thousand pillars, hall of the

  Thrace

  Tigris-Euphrates basin

  Tigris river

  Timbuktu

  Tirmidh

  Tlemcen

  Toghon Temur, emperor

  tombs, as religious institutions

  Tonkin

  Touat see Tuwat

  trade, European see merchants

  trade, Muslim

  see also merchants, ships

  Transoxiana

  travel

  of Europeans

  of Muslims

  see also Ibn Battuta; merchants; scholars, Muslim

  Trebizond

  Tripoli

  Tripolitania

  Tuchman, Barbara

  Tughluq, Firuz

  Tughluq, Ghiyas al-Din

  Tughluq, Muhammad

  and China

  and Mongols

  and religious scholars

  brutality of

  character of

  conquests of

  death of

  employment of foreigners

  hunting expeditions of

  patronage of

  rebellions against

  scheme to move capital

  unorthodox policies of

  Tughluqabad

  Tughluqid dynasty

  Tuluktemur

  Tunis

  Turcomans

  see also Turks

  Turkey see Anatolia

  Turkmens see Turcomans

  Turks

  conquests: of Anatolia

  of India

  Tus

  Tustar see Shustar

  Tuwat

  al-Tuzari, al-Hajj ‘Abdallah

 

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