Ibn Battuta: las huellas de un peregrino. Análisis de un viaje medieval

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The Ibn Battua Rihla titled: Regalo de curiosos sobre peregrinas cosas de ciudades y viajes maravillosos, is a literary work that opens a window to the Muslim world of the fourteenth century. Ibn Battuta fulfilling the religious precept to visit Mecca undertook an amazing adventure. This tireless pilgrim traveled 120,000 kilometers and made the pilgrimage four times. He traveled both by land and by sea, sailing in the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea, the Arabian Sea, the Black Sea and the Indian Ocean. He visited the North of Africa, Egypt, the Arabian Peninsula, Iraq and Iran, the East of Africa, the Persian Gulf, Anatolia, the South of Russia, Constantinople, Central Asia, India, the East Indies, China, al-Andalus ending his great journey in Mali in 1353. The purpose of this final year dissertation is to make a historical analysis of a particular stage of the trip but without losing touch with the rest of the way, to acquire all the possible information, obtaining data on various aspects of the Muslim world. Although many authors doubt about the credibility of this literary work , is certainly the greatest testimony of a tour of the Middle Ages and provides a great flow of information ranging from the geographical, economic and administrative to social and cultural having special relevance the religion due to Islam includes all aspects of Muslim life.