Ibn Battuta — "The people of this land are a bad people, and they are not trustworthy."

"The people of this city are very strange. They eat rice with their hands, and they do not use spoons or forks like us."

"In this country, the women are beautiful, and they do not wear veils. They are skilled in spinning and weaving."

"I was once offered a princess in marriage in this land, but I declined, for I was already married and had a long journey ahead of me."

"I saw a snake in this land that was as thick as a tree trunk. It was a monstrous creature, and I quickly fled."

"In Anatolia, I met a dervish who could make himself invisible. Or at least, that's what he claimed. I never saw him do it."