THE IMAGE OF MARDIN IN IBN BAṬṬŪṬA’S RIḤLA
THE IMAGE OF MARDIN IN IBN BAṬṬŪṬA’S RIḤLA

Summary/Abstract: Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, deemed to be the greatest voyager of all the pre-modern era, raḥḥālatu l-’islām “the voyager of Islam”, stopped during his riḥla in the town of Mardin, in southeastern Turkey. The traveler wrote about his visit to this town, describing the people living there and their customs and appearance, as well as the surrounding areas of Mardin during that time. He also provided descriptions of the rulers of the area, which, together with the other details of his visit, helped produce a reference document of paramount anthropologic, sociolinguistic and historical importance of the entire area.

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