Travels of Ibn Baṭṭūṭa
Honnavar (Hinawr)
Title
The governor's custom of walking accompanied by music
Short description
The governor's custom of walking the streets accompanied by the music of drums and trumpets. This looks like a smaller version of the Delhi Sultan's custom of always moving with a sort of parade (see Siddiqi et al., eds., 1971, pp. 43-45).
Text on source
ولباس هذا السلطان ملاحف الحرير والكتان الرقاق؛ يَشُدُّ في وسطه فوطة ويلتحف ملحفتين إحداهما فوق الأخرى، ويعقصشعره، ويلفُّ عليه عمامة صغيرة، وإذا رَكِبَ لَبِسَ قباء والْتَحَفَ بملحفتين فوقه، وتُضْرَب بين يديه طبول وأبواق يحملها الرجال [ص. ٤٠١]
English translation
The clothes worn by their Sultan are cloaks of silk and fine linen; he ties a waist-cloth round his middle and puts on two cloaks, one on top of the other. He plaits his hair and winds on a small turban. When he rides out he puts on a military jacket and wears two cloaks above it, and drums [ṭubūl] and coiled trumpets [abwāq] are carried by men and sounded before him.
Folios/Pages
805
Date
1342 circa
Observations on the events description
Differently from other passages where musicians are mentioned, the musical instruments, drums [ṭubūl] and coiled trumpets [abwāq] are specified here to being carried by [al-rijāl], "the men".
The dots on the map indicate the places where sound and music events were described. They don't represent travel stages.
Participants
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Role
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Bahman Shāh, Jamāl al-Dīn
Viewer
Sultan
How to quote
Pintimalli A., "The governor's custom of walking accompanied by music" (Event description), Echos. Sound Ecosystems in Travelogues. Published 2024 07 17.doi: 10.25430/echos.travels.130
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