Ibn Battuta — "The food in this land is very spicy. My mouth was on fire after every meal, but …"
The food in this land is very spicy. My mouth was on fire after every meal, but I still enjoyed it.
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 women here are beautiful, and they do not veil themselves. This is a strange thing in a Muslim country."
"The Chinese are infidels, but they are a good people."
"The dogs in this land are very fierce. They bark at strangers and try to bite them. I had to carry a stick to fend them off."
"Their women are not modest, and they do not veil themselves."
"The people of this city are very fond of music and dancing. They have festivals every night, and the streets are always full of revelry."
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.
Verification
Unverifiable
Found in 1 providers: grok
1 source checked