Travels of Ibn Baṭṭūṭa

Title
Travels of Ibn Baṭṭūṭa
Description
Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, a Moroccan qāḍī (judge), travelled over 120,000 kilometres through North Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and China from 1325 to 1353, documenting diverse cultures and Islamic societies of the medieval period.
Travel type
Pilgrimage
Historical period
Middle Ages
Departure Place
Fez - Morocco
Departure Year
1325
Arrival Place
Fez - Morocco
Arrival Year
1353
Observations on the travel
The journey begins as a pilgrimage to Mecca and then becomes a wide-ranging exploration of the globe. The travelogue was dictated by Ibn Baṭṭūṭa to the writer Ibn Juzaiyy. Whether the account is entirely historically reliable is debated.
The dots on the map indicate the places where sound and music events were described. They don't represent travel stages.
Sources
1
Events description
67
1. The Maḥmil procession in Cairo
2. The drum-band plays before the residence of Tripoli's amīrs
3. Qurʾānic cantillation and singing at the mosque
4. The Hill of Drums
5. Drums beaten in front of the houses of the two amīrs of Mecca
6. Meccans' practice in regard to the Khutba and the Friday service
7. Meccans' practices at the beginning of the months
8. Meccans' practice in the month of Rajab
9. The ʿUmra al-akamiyya
10. The Meccans' practices in the month of Ramaḍān
11. Music in the rites and acts of the Pilgrimage
12. The Sharīf and the incidents caused by his use of drums
13. Ritual chants and dances of the Rifāʿiyya Sufi brotherhood
14. Fire dances of Ḥaydariyya Sufi Order
15. Tustar's Shaykh Noon Prayer customs
16. People singing merry songs at a funeral
17. Account of musical practices in Shīrāz sanctuaries
18. The calling upon the "Expected Imām" al-ʿAskarī
19. King and wazīr on a boat with two other boats with musicians
20. Travel customs of the Tatar King of Iraq
21. Sultan of Delhi's customs when leaving for the hunt
22. Friday audiences of the Sultan of Mogadishu
23. Musical customs of the Zafar's sultan
24. Customs of the Akhiyya Brotherhood
25. Qur'anic cantillation for Akrīdūr's Sultan
26. Lamentations on the Sultan's dead son
27. Qur'anic cantillation, music and dances at an Anatolian zāwiya
28. ʿĀšūrāʾ celebration at a prominent zāwiya
29. Muslim travellers frightened by churches' bells
30. Musical performance during the Sultan's meal
31. Qur'ānic cantillation and prayers during Ramaḍān
32. Celebrations at the end of Ramaḍān
33. The Prince's company journeying towards Constantinople
34. Reception in the camp outside Constantinople
35. Entry into Constantinople the Great
36. Custom for the king's guests to be paraded through the city
37. Hospitality at a zāwiya in Bukhārā
38. Description of the Barīd (Postal service)
39. Musical performances during a journey on the river Sind
40. Widows' self-burning (Sati) in India
41. The night bell for the victims of oppression
42. Drums beaten to announce an attack against the prince
43. The Sultan's Gates and the ceremonial observed therein
44. ʿĪd al-aḍḥā (Feast of sacrifices) Sultan's exit from the palace
45. How the Sultan holds audience on feast days
46. Sultan's ceremonial on his return from a journey
47. The marriage of the amīr Sayf al-Dīn with the Sultan's sister
48. How the Sultan killed the supporters of a rebel malik
49. Travelling with singers as entertainers
50. Short recollection of Ḥaydariyya Sufi Order practices
51. Yogis sounding a horn at the end of their practices
52. Description of the bazaar of the singers (Ṭarab Ābād)
53. The governor's custom of walking accompanied by music
54. Naval attack on Goa
55. Ifṭār celebration with the Wazīr
56. An instrument for announcements in Maldives
57. Women dancing in front of a statue of divinity
58. The Sultan of Sumatra's greeting ceremony
59. What the sailors sing on the Pacific Ocean
60. Welcoming in Fozhou
61. Account of the great amīr Qurṭay
62. Celebrations for the death of the ill-favored king
63. Account of the wedding of the son of Sumatra's king
64. Account of Mali's Sultan audiences in his cupola
65. Ceremony taking place when Sultan reaches the audience hall
66. What the Sultan did about the prayer on the Feast days
67. Account of the way griots (dyeli) recite poetry to the Sultan
Narrators
1
Participants
8
Places
47
Sounds
138
How to quote
Pintimalli A., "Travels of Ibn Baṭṭūṭa" (Travel), Echos. Sound Ecosystems in Travelogues. Published 2024 05 16.

doi: 10.25430/echos.travels.130

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