Carl Ernst Introduction to Islamic Civilization 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) 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
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)
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)
Betel and areca nuts (124, 128): “paan” and the Indian ocean
Muzaffariyya Mosque, Taizz, Yemen (115). ArchNet
Aden (119). Center for Arabic Language and Eastern Studies photo
Husuni Kubwa palace, Kilwa
Fort of Nizwa, Oman (or Nazwa,131; Ibadi imams temporarily out of power) ArchNet
Konya, ca. 1865 ArchNet
Konya: Mevlana Museum ArchNet
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
Kuria Muria islands (Oman)