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Travels of Ibn Battuta - Episode 05

February 26, 2021 04:30 - 14 minutes - 26.6 MB

Welcome to episode 5 of our series on travels of ibn battuta. In this episode, we'll look into Ibn Battuta's journey through the Arabian lands to fulfil his Hajj's religious obligation.   The Qur'an, Sura III states: The first House established for the people was that at [Mecca], a place holy and guidance to all beings. Therein are clear signs — the station of Abraham, and whosoever enters it is insecurity. All men towards God must come to the House a pilgrim if he is able to make his way...

Travels of Ibn Battuta - Episode 04

February 12, 2021 04:30 - 23 minutes - 43.6 MB

Welcome to episode four of series on Travels of Ibn Battuta. In this episode, we will look into Ibn Battuta’s travel through Egypt, Palestine and Syria of Mamluk Sultanate.   If you have not completed the previous episodes, we suggest you do so before starting today’s episode.   Ibn Khaldun, an Arab scholar of Islam, social scientist, philosopher and historian who has been described as the founder of the modern disciplines of historiography, sociology, economics, and demography, once sai...

Travels of Ibn Battuta - Episode 03

February 05, 2021 04:30 - 17 minutes - 32.7 MB

Welcome to episode three of our series on travels of Ibn Battuta. In this episode, we will look into his journey across the region of North Africa or commonly known as the Maghreb in the Islamic World. If you have not completed the previous two episodes, we suggest you do so before starting this episode and with that said let's dive into today's episode. An Arab scholar of Islam, social scientist, philosopher and historian who has been described as the founder of the modern disciplines of ...

Travels of Ibn Battuta - Episode 02

January 29, 2021 04:30 - 9 minutes - 8.8 MB

Welcome to episode 2 of our series on Travels of Ibn Battuta. In this episode, we'll look into his home town of Tangier, Morocco and his early life and the conditions that drove Ibn Battuta to travel around the world. A Muslim physician, philosopher, historian, Arabic grammarian, traveller, and one of the most voluminous writers in the Near East of 11th century, Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi, famously said: "The learned man is esteemed in whatever place or condition he may be, always meeting pe...

Travels of Ibn Battuta - Episode 01

January 22, 2021 15:48 - 9 minutes - 12.5 MB

Ibn Battuta once said, "I met in [Brusa] the pious Shaykh' Abdallah al-Misri, the traveller, and a man of saintly life. He journeyed through the earth, but he never went into China nor the island of Ceylon, nor the Maghrib, nor al-Andalus, nor the Negrolands, so that I have outdone him by visiting these regions." The episode 01 of Travels of Ibn Battuta will be a summary about the travels of Ibn Battuta and on later episodes, we'll cover the in-dept travel analysis from North Africa to Chin...