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Chasing Tall Tales and Mystics : Ibn Battuta in Sri Lanka : A Personal Journey

Author :  Ameena Hussein

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Country
Sri Lanka
Publisher
Sailfish, Colombo, Sri Lanka
ISBN 9789557743059
Format PaperBack
Language English
Year of Publication 2020
Bib. Info 304p. ; 14.6x2x21cm.
Product Weight 400 gms.
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The fabled Moroccan Scholar Ibn Battuta is reputed to have travelled further through the medieval world than any other explorer, including Marco Polo. When Ameena Hussein sees a grimy street sign in Puttalam bearing his name, it precipitates a quest of her own, tracking Ibn Battuta’s trajectory in Lanka or Sarandib as he knew it. From the pearl rich north-western coast, through Sri Pada known as the Mount of Lanka, down to Dewinuwara with its magnificent temple hosting dancing girls and Brahmin priests and onwards to Colombo – already a formidable maritime presence, she follows his trajectory to rejoin his starting point at Puttalam. Along the way, she seeks Ibn Battuta’s memory in the minds of men, and discovers a land brimming with myth and legend as colourful as the traveler himself.

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