After some time in Oman, Ibn Battuta arrives at coastal Hormuz.
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Title
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After some time in Oman, Ibn Battuta arrives at coastal Hormuz.
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Description
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“I travelled next to the country of Hormuz. Hormuz is a town on the coast, called also Mughistan, and in the sea facing it and nine miles from shore is New Hormuz, which is an island. The town on it is called Jarawn. It is a large and fine city, with busy markets, as it is the port from which the wares from India and Sind are despatched to the ‘Iraqs, Fars and Khurasan. The island is saline, and the inhabitants live on fish and dates exported to them from Basra.”
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Subject
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Travel
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Source
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Gibb 118-119.
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Date
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1330
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Bibliographic Citation
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Ibn Batuta, Gibb, H. A. R. S., Sanguinetti, B. R., & Defremery, C. (1958). Travels of Ibn Battuta, A.D. 1325-1354. Cambridge: Published for the Hakluyt Society at the University Press.
