Foundation for Medieval Genealogy - Online Library Catalogue NQU - Travels of Ibn Battuta (Review) Source ID: S-00002750 Full Title: Book Review: The Travels of Ibn Battuta, 1325 to 1354 AD Vol I, Revised & edited by Sir Hamilton Gibb, CUP, 1958 From: P W F Brown (Brown, P W F) Series Volume: 203 (NS5) Series Number: 8 Pages: 366-367 Publication Date: Aug 1958 Source Type: Article Periodical: Notes and Queries Language: English (Engl) Keywords: Amenhophis, Battuta, Egypt, Ibn Battuta, Karnak, Luxor, Syria Order copies of pages from this source Write a review or abstract for this source Suggest keywords for this source Foundation for Medieval Genealogy homepage Abstract by FMG - 09 Apr 2004 Ibn Battuta was 21 when he started his journey from Algeria to Egypt, Mecca and the near East in 1325-1326. Despite being strangely dismissive of the constant domination of this landscape by ancient remains. Nevertheless it is a book of interest to both expert and general reader.