Ibn Battuta — "The women of this country are very beautiful, and they are treated with more res…"
The women of this country are very beautiful, and they are treated with more respect than the men. They are not veiled, and they have no shame.
Get This Quote & Author's Image Illustrated On:
Click any product to generate a realistic preview. Up to 3 at a time.
* Initial load can take up to 90 seconds — revising the preview in another color is nearly instant.
Kitchen
Apparel
Other
More from Ibn Battuta
"The people of this city are very hospitable. They invited me into their homes and fed me delicious meals, even though I was a stranger."
"The Chinese are skilled in crafts, but they are not a people of religion."
"I was once given a parrot that could speak many languages. It was a very intelligent bird, and I enjoyed its company."
"The people of this land believe that if you eat the heart of a lion, you will become brave. I did not try it myself."
"I saw a bird in this land that was as big as an ostrich, but it had a long neck like a giraffe. It was a most peculiar creature."
About Ibn Battuta (1304-1369)
Moroccan Muslim scholar and explorer whose Rihla (travels) covered ~75,000 miles across the Islamic world from Mali to China — the most-traveled person of the medieval world. Closely associated with Marco Polo (his Venetian counterpart, traveling 50 years earlier in the opposite direction). For an intellectual contrast, see medieval European Christian insularity, the sheltered monastic-feudal worldview of 14th-century Latin Christendom — Ibn Battuta's 30-year journey demonstrates that the 14th-century Dar al-Islam was a single intellectual ecosystem from West Africa to Beijing, while medieval Europe was still tribal and parochial. The cleanest 'connectedness vs insularity' contrast in pre-modern history — Battuta could find a familiar Maliki judge in any city from Mali to Sumatra.