ibn battuta part 3
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Ibn Battuta part 3. Carl Ernst Introduction to Islamic Civilization. Places. Jidda, Zabid, San’a, Aden, Mogadishu, Mombasa, Kilwa , Zafar. Turkish Lands. Topics and events. Kurdish and Turkish invasion of Yemen, visits by Indian, Ceylonese, and Chinese ambassadors (112-3) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Ibn Battuta part 3
Carl Ernst
Introduction to Islamic Civilization
Places
Jidda, Zabid, San’a, Aden, Mogadishu, Mombasa, Kilwa , Zafar
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Turkish Lands
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Topics and eventsKurdish and Turkish invasion of Yemen, visits by Indian, Ceylonese, and Chinese ambassadors (112-3)
Transition from Irano-Semitic heartland to Indian ocean: Islamic cosmopolitanism (116-7)
Zeila (122): unpleasant smell of fresh fish and slaughtered camels
Port of Mogadishu, Somali and Swahili languages
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More topics and events
Sharifs and sayyids: aristocratic status of descendents of the Prophet (125)
Gold trade and indoor plumbing (127)
Need for a Persian speaking guide (137)
Europeans in Latakia (139), Crimea (159, 162)
Turks, Turkomans, Mongols – Ilkhan vassals, population changes
Franks in Constantinople, 1204-1261
Seven kings of the world (160) 5
Even more topics and events
Byzantine architecture and the Turks
Konya and the brain drain (Rumi)
Akhi fraternal groups (145), futuwwa
The skill of flattery (149), rewards (153-4)
From ghazis to civilized princes (151)
Drowning (154)
Kipchaks (Golden Horde), Crim (159)
Christianize edition of Mongols (162)6
Betel and areca nuts (124, 128): “paan” and the Indian ocean
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Muzaffariyya Mosque, Taizz, Yemen (115). ArchNet
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Aden (119). Center for Arabic Language and Eastern Studies photo
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Husuni Kubwa palace, Kilwa
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Fort of Nizwa, Oman (or Nazwa,131; Ibadi imams temporarily out of power) ArchNet
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Konya, ca. 1865 ArchNet
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Konya: Mevlana Museum ArchNet
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More Sufis
Jidda 112 – prayers and worship
Zabid (Yemen) 114 – storytelling about saint who debated Zaydi Shi`is
Kuria Muria Islands near Oman (129)
Khunj, Persia (131)
Mudurnu, Anatolia (155) – hospice
Al-Qiram or Crimea (164) -- hospice
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Kuria Muria islands (Oman)
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