THE
TRAVELS
OF
IBN BATŪTA.
CHAPTER I.
Tanjiers—Tilimsān—Milyāna—Alsiers—Bijāya—Kosantīna—Būna—Tūnis—Sūsa—Sazākus—Kābis—Tripoli—Meslāta, &c.
In the name of the compassionate and merciful God.
Praise be ascribed to God the lord of worlds; and the blessing of God be upon our Lord Mohammed, and upon all his posterity and companions. But to proceed: The poor, and needy of the forgiveness of his bountiful lord, Mohammed Ibn Fat,h Allah El Bailūnï states, that the following is what he extracted from the epitome of the Kātib Mohammed Ibn Jazzī El Kelbī (upon whom be the mercy of God), from the travels of the theologian “Abu Abd Allah Mohammed Ibn Abd Allah El Lawātī* of Tanjiers known by the surname of Ibn Batūta:† and, that he did not extract any
« dbogy ly Sy skh HM all one Gp aac alll soe yl *
% El Lawiti, We have in the geographical work entitled BC Mt s Vast we Mey} dlp LYS, &e, the following account of two places, to ane of which this patronymic is Pacis to be referred. eal ye Ged SA AF Gre Gubnly Leo ld Shane cL, Lath ails. Lawata isa district of Karish in Spain. It is also the name of a tribe of the Berbers. According to the same work 5 Jazza is a place in Khordsin Lt ,2)4 eps) to which the patronymic Jazzi is probably to be referred.
+ Mr. Burckhardt writes this name Ibn Batouta, adopting the French pronunciation of ow 1 suppose. JI have thought it more conformable with our orthography and pronunciation to write
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