Rihla
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Rihla (Arabic: تحفة النظار في غرائب الأمصار وعجائب الأسفار Tuḥfat an-Nuẓẓār fī Gharāʾib al-Amṣār wa ʿAjāʾib al-Asfār, may be translated as "A Gift to Those Who Contemplate the Wonders of Cities and the Marvels of Travelling"), simply referred to as the Rihla (الرحلة ar-Riḥlah, "The Journey"; or رحلة ابن بطوطة Riḥlat Ibn Baṭūṭah, "Journey of Ibn Battuta") is a medieval book which recounts the journey of the 14th-century Berber Moroccan scholar and traveler Ibn Battuta.
The oeuvre was written by Ibn Juzayy after he was commissioned by the Marinid Sultan Abu Inan who was impressed by the story and journey of Ibn Battuta.[1]
The term Rihla is a Classical Arabic term of a journey, with connotations of a voyage undertaken for the sake of divine knowledge of Islam. It is a form of travel literature.
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References and notes
- ^ Dunn, Ross E. (2004). The adventures of Ibn Battuta, a Muslim traveler of the fourteenth century. University of California Press. pp. 310. ISBN 0-520-24385-4.
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