The Travels of Ibn Battuta : a guided Arabic reader /

"While telling a fascinating narrative as a whole, each of the twenty lessons is designed to stand alone for classroom or individual study. Individual sections focus on classical grammar and stylistics, historical and cultural background and critical evaluation of the texts. The book also provi...

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Main Authors: Dimeo, David (Author), Hassan, Inas (Author)

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Cairo : The American University in Cairo Press, 2016.

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Call Number: PJ6311 .D56 2016

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245 1 0 |a The Travels of Ibn Battuta :   |b a guided Arabic reader /   |c David DiMeo and Inas Hassan. 
264 1 |a Cairo :  |b The American University in Cairo Press,  |c 2016. 
300 |a xi, 316 pages :   |b maps ;   |c 23 cm. 
505 0 |a Setting off on the greatest journey -- The lighthouse at Alexandria, one of the wonders of the world -- The Mamluk Sultan of Egypt -- Jerusalem and the dome of the rock -- Damascus, paradise of the East -- The Hajj journey and Medina -- The Hajj to Mecca -- Baghdad, city of Caliphs -- Yemen, gateway to East Asia -- The African coast -- Travels along the Arabian Gulf -- The Golden Horde of Mongol Russia -- Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine empire -- The sultan of India -- Dalhi, capital of Muslim India -- Judge in the Maldives -- The rich kingdom of China -- Muslim Spain (al-Andalus) -- The return home -- To Mali and Timbuktu. 
520 1 |a "While telling a fascinating narrative as a whole, each of the twenty lessons is designed to stand alone for classroom or individual study. Individual sections focus on classical grammar and stylistics, historical and cultural background and critical evaluation of the texts. The book also provides teachers with a wide range of comprehension, composition, interpretation, and research activities."--P. [4] of cover. 
600 0 0 |a Ibn Batuta,   |d 1304-1377.   |t Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʻajāʾib al-asfār. 
650 0 |a Arabic language  |v Readers. 
700 1 |a Hassan, Inas,   |e author 
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