From Basra to Persia and back to Baghdad by Ibn Battuta's road
من البصرة إلى فارس وعراق العجم على طريق ابن بطوطة
At a glance
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq · Persia & Central Asia
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Walk the journey day by day
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البصرة
نقطة الانطلاق: البصرة. ركب من ساحل البصرة صنبوقاً إلى الأبلة، ومرّ في الطريق ببساتين متصلة ونخيل، ثم بمتعبد سهل بن عبد الله التستري (ص117).
رقم المحطة في ترتيب النص، لا يدل على عدد الأيام ما لم يذكره النص.
Overview
The route
From Basra he boarded a sunbuq to al-Ubulla 2, then a small boat to Abadan 3.
From Abadan he sailed for four days to the town of Majul, then travelled by land through Ramiz as far as Tustar 4. From Tustar, three days through lofty mountains brought him to Ayadhaj 5. He then went on to Isfahan, passing the towns of Ishtakhran and Firuzan 6.
From Isfahan he headed for Shiraz, passing Kulayl, Isawma', Dasht al-Rum and Mayin 7, and he stayed there a long time 8. He then went out to Kazarun 9, then to al-Zaydin and al-Huwayza, and from there he set out for Kufa across the desert 10.
From Kufa he passed the well of Mulaha, then al-Hilla and Karbala, and from there went on to Baghdad 11. From Baghdad he travelled for ten days with the sultan Abu Sa'id's camp as far as Tabriz 12, and then returned to Baghdad with a letter to its governor 13.
Notes on pagination
The page numbers are the printed numbers of the 1958 edition. The scanned copy used in preparing this page adds one to the printed page number in the file.
The book does not give daily dates for each halt in this passage. The periods mentioned (days and stages) are given as they appear.
Sources
Sources
- Rihla of Ibn Battuta (Tuhfat al-nuzzar), Arabic edition 1958, pp.117–147
- Rihla of Ibn Battuta (Tuhfat al-nuzzar), Arabic edition 1958, p.117
- Rihla of Ibn Battuta (Tuhfat al-nuzzar), Arabic edition 1958, pp.117–118
- Rihla of Ibn Battuta (Tuhfat al-nuzzar), Arabic edition 1958, pp.118–120
- Rihla of Ibn Battuta (Tuhfat al-nuzzar), Arabic edition 1958, pp.121–122
- Rihla of Ibn Battuta (Tuhfat al-nuzzar), Arabic edition 1958, p.124
- Rihla of Ibn Battuta (Tuhfat al-nuzzar), Arabic edition 1958, pp.126–127
- Rihla of Ibn Battuta (Tuhfat al-nuzzar), Arabic edition 1958, pp.127–136
- Rihla of Ibn Battuta (Tuhfat al-nuzzar), Arabic edition 1958, p.136
- Rihla of Ibn Battuta (Tuhfat al-nuzzar), Arabic edition 1958, p.137
- Rihla of Ibn Battuta (Tuhfat al-nuzzar), Arabic edition 1958, pp.138–139
- Rihla of Ibn Battuta (Tuhfat al-nuzzar), Arabic edition 1958, pp.146–147
- Rihla of Ibn Battuta (Tuhfat al-nuzzar), Arabic edition 1958, p.147
- Rihla of Ibn Battuta (Tuhfat al-nuzzar), Arabic edition 1958
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islam.museum contributors. “From Basra to Persia and back to Baghdad by Ibn Battuta's road”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/journey/basra-to-persia-battuta/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.