Tag Archives: Abu Zayd Maqamat

traveling man

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Dave

One day in the Moslem year 756, or 1355 A.D. , a well known Moroccan theologian began to dictate his memoirs. Better known as Ibn Battuta, he was fifty-one, a scholar and a well respected judge, but principally known as … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Abou Zayd, Abu Zayd, Abu Zayd Maqamat, Ibn Battuta, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Persian miniatures, Selim II The Sot, Suleyman the Magnificent, Sultan Selim II, Sultan Selim the Grim | Leave a comment

on the road again

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Dave

Over six centuries ago, the Islamic world saw itself as the unquestioned pinnacle of civilization. What was it really like? The answer is in the diaries of one Ibn Battuta. One day in the Moslem year 756, 1355 in our … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Abu Zayd, Abu Zayd Maqamat, Ibn Battuta, Ibn Batuta, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Persian miniatures, Sultan Abu Inan Faris | Leave a comment

wanderlust

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Dave

The travels of Ibn Battuta. The diaries of the Wayfarer, Batuta in sum, laid out the compelling argument that Islam was more than an empire, more even than a faith, or an ideology. All apsects of human conduct were governed … Continue reading →