Tag Archives: Suleyman the Magnificent

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 →

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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 →

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