Ibn Battuta arrives at the port of Cambay.
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Title
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Ibn Battuta arrives at the port of Cambay.
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Description
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“Thereafter we travelled to the town of Kinbaya [Cambay], which is situated on an arm of the sea resembling a river; it is navigable for ships and its waters ebb and flow. I myself saw the ships there lying on the mud at ebb-tide and floating on the water at high tide. This city is one of the finest there is in regard to the excellence of its construction and the architecture of its mosques. The reason is that the majority of its are foreign merchants, who are always building fine mansions and magnificent mosques and view with one another in doing so."
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Subject
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Travel
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Source
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Gibb 228-229.
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Date
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1341
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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.
