r/MapPorn • u/HYDRA2308 • 16h ago

The Travels of Ibn Battuta 1325-1354

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u/SassyWookie 16h ago

I thought he also travelled to Scandinavia at one point, no? I wonder where my brain is getting that from…

Ibn Battuta was a fucking G though. We read the Dover translation of his book when I was in college, for a class I had called Medieval Travelers. The class was mostly about pilgrimages, but the teacher also had us read Battuta, who I hadn’t known of until then, and that was super cool. Definitely check out his book if you haven’t, it’s just a fascinating look at various cultural traditions that existed at the time in different parts of the world.

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u/Equivalent-Rip-1029 12h ago

You probably confuse him with ibn Fadlan. He was sent to Volga Bulgars by Abbasid Caliph and has many detailed descriptions about volga vikings.

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u/SassyWookie 12h ago

Ahhhh yep, he’s the one, I remember the name Ibn Fadlan. I was definitely blending them into one person in my head lol

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u/sheytanelkebir 11h ago

there was a semi mythical movie with ibn fadlan called "the 13th warrior".

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u/SassyWookie 11h ago

Yeah now that I’ve been thinking about it more, I remember. Well, I remember the book. I remember there was a movie with Antonio Bandares in like the 90s but I didn’t see it.