Travels of Ibn Baṭṭūṭa
Istanbul (İstanbul, Constantinople)
Title
Custom for the king's guests to be paraded through the city
Short description
The author is paraded through the city's markets, especially because he is an Arab.
Text on source
ومن العوائد عندهم أن الذي يلبس خلعة الملك ويركب فرسه يطاف به في أسواق المدينة بالأبواق والأنفار والأطبال ليراه الناس، وأكثر ما يَفْعَل ذلك بالأتراك الذين يأتون من بلاد السلطان أوزبك؛ لئلا يُؤْذَوْنَ، فطافوا بي في الأسواق [ص. ٢٤٨]
English translation
It is one of the customs among them that anyone who wears the king's robe of honour and rides on his horse is paraded through the city bazaars with coiled trumpets [abwāq], straight trumpets [anfār] and drums [aṭbāl], so that the people may see him. This is most frequently done with the Turks who come from the territories of the sultan Ūzbak, so that they may not be molested; so they paraded me through the bazaars.
Folios/Pages
506
Date
1333 circa
Observations on the events description
In this passage again the author mentions the usual list of three instruments.
The dots on the map indicate the places where sound and music events were described. They don't represent travel stages.
Participants
No other participants in this event description.
How to quote
Pintimalli A., "Custom for the king's guests to be paraded through the city" (Event description), Echos. Sound Ecosystems in Travelogues. Published 2024 07 16.doi: 10.25430/echos.travels.130
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