Ross E. Dunn is Professor of History at San Diego State University.

"In 1325, at the age of twenty-one, Ibn Battuta set off from his native Tangier on the hajj to Mecca. He did not return to Morocco until 1349, by which time he had visited not only Mecca, but also Egypt, Syria, Persia, Iraq, East Africa, the Yemen, Anatolia, the steppelands of southern Russia, Constantinople, India, the Maldives, Sumatra, and China. . . . An excellent synoptic introduction to the Muslim world in the Middle Ages."

• List of MapsPreface to the 2012 EditionPreface to the Revised EditionPreface to the First EditionAcknowledgmentsThe Muslim CalendarA Note on MoneyList of Abbreviations Used in NotesIntroduction1. Tangier2. The Maghrib3. The Mamluks4. Mecca5. Persia and Iraq6. The Arabian Sea7. Anatolia8. The Steppe9. Delhi10. Malabar and the Maldives11. China12. Home13. Mali14. The RihlaGlossaryBibliographyIndex