Ibn Battuta visits the city of Canton in China.
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Title
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Ibn Battuta visits the city of Canton in China.
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Description
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“Sin-Kalan [Canton] is a city of first rank, in regard to size and the quality of its bazaars. One of the largest of these is the porcelain bazaar, from which porcelain is exported to all parts of China, to India, and to Yemen…
In one of the quarters of this city is the Muhammadan town, where the Muslims have their cathedral mosque, hospice and bazaar. They have also a qadi and a shaykh, for in every one of the cities of China there must always be a Shaykh al-Islam, to whom all matters concerning the Muslims are referred [i.e. who acts as intermediary between the government and the Muslim community], and a qadi to decide legal cases between them.”
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Subject
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Travel
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Source
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Gibb 289-290
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Date
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1346
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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.
