Ibn Battuta is a renown Islamic in the western and northern countries of Africa known to travel to various parts world in the 13th and 14th century. Before his death in the year 1368/1369) [a], this man had made great advances. Through his travels across different parts of the world, the Islamic world had increased so much. We are now going to look and see how the Islamic world looked like before and after this man.
The Berber-Moroccan Islamic professor who was born on 24 February 1304 during the Marinid period to a community of Muslim law scholars of Morocco origin. He has traveled extensively around the Ancient Sphere. In a period of 30 years, Ibn Battuta had gone to much of the Ancient Ecosphere, comprising China, Southeastern Asia, the Iberian Peninsula and Central Asia. As a young fellow he moved to the Religious Center, Mecca in Arabia, in 1325(DUNN pp. 27-40) and afterwards departed his hometown, where he was a nomad. Beyond the end of his life, he wanted to put forward a gift to all who tried to see the wonders in the cities and the wonders of travel and known widely under The Rihla.
In 632 CE, in a major part of the world, the Islamic Conquest of Arabia exploded. The forces of Islam occupied vast areas in 750 CE. DUNN confirms they ruled the Arabian Peninsula, as far as Persia, Afghanistan and Pakistan are concerned (pp.1-12). A large part of North Africa and Spain is occupied by the Islamic Western armies. Much of India was stripped away and Islamic faith spread to Indonesia as far as possible in the 1100s and 1200s. Ibn Battuta was in this world. He was born and explored much of his life.
The Islamic viewpoint of the world was separated by buildings located back then. Dar al-Islam was the very first residence of Islam had conquered the House of Islam, dominated by several Islamic rulers. In second place was the Truces-Dar al-Sulh Building. Most of these are communities not still dominated by Islam, but with the House of Muslims in regular contact. Lastly, there was the House of War, Dar al-Harb. The House of War was not ruled by Islam and made no peace with it. Many of the journeys of Ibn Battuta led him to the Line of Islam. The remaining of the flora and fauna was more open to him because of his religion and his utility as a practicer of Islamic law (DUNN pp1-12). Nevertheless, Battuta rendered many visits from Middle Asia to China to some other two quarters.
There was a place for the Islamic world to study legal education. In the Muslim world where Islamic law was taught, Damascus was the most important place for legal education (DUNN pp1-12). The most visits were made in Bathuta, and most were in Persia, mainly Mesopotamia and Anatolia. He traveled to Yemen via the Red Sea. He then went to Somalia and the Swahili coast, which was at the time also influenced by Islam. The house of war was under the control of the Bizantine Empire in Constantinople. He again crossed Bukhara East, and Afghanistan Southeast to India.
The Islamic world had numerous places of prayer that they saw as Sacred. Mecca and Medina Holy Sites in West Hijaz, Arabia. Islam forced any Muslim who was not famished, enslaved or threatened with war or disease into Mecca and performed a series of collective ceremonies prescribed by the Theshari’a, at least once in his life(DUNN pp. 27–40). Hundreds and sometimes thousands of North Africans carried out their duty last year and participated in a significant number of ceremonies that were conducted in the holy places of their service.
After the conclusion of the Rihla, Ibn Battuta vanished all but then as of the times past best ever. The book is now considered to be one of the more vivid and most diverse accounts of Muslims in the 14th century (DUNN pp. 27–40). It is assumed that he served as a magistrate in Morocco and pass on in 1368. Battuta’s journeys give an unbelievable vision of the world in the 14th century on the verge of unifying zones of the earth. It is evident how powerful trade and networks have become in the Islamic world. The networks have spread across the entire world. With other Muslim emissaries and trade traders, Battuta remained, even in China. As never before, African Eurasia was twisted into a relationship of shared learning.
The Islamic world has been rising and spreading widely. We see Islam migrating to the south as the Maghrib became Muslim. The range of Muslim distinctiveness to the Sahara and the participation of Muslim communities in the trans-Saharan trade, cutting-edge particular Tuareg, providing numerous usual channels for control (DUNN pp. 27–40). The advent of the first large western Sudanese Empire with a Muslim ruler, Timbuktu in Mali, shows that sub-Saharan Africa has become increasingly incorporated in the North African orbit. At least Islam’s impact on the upper levels of African society was reigned by Mansa Mūsā, who also made pilgrimages.
At the time of Ibn Battuta’s death, Islamdom was the world’s largest and most closely interconnected community. Islam started toward extent not only in sub-Saharan Africa (DUNN pp.27-40), then likewise in the southern oceans, thanks to migration and the formation of a Muslim existence now Malacca. Many powerful, competing Muslim states have fought against a united reaction against Europeans and some Muslims could even bring themselves into line with the European enemies of others.
It could easily be discerned how far Muslims were in the early 15th century in the Eastern Hemisphere, but only three of the greatest empires in the world could soon be formed. DUNN says Islamic world have contuied to increase even if in Russia and Iberia the Islamdom boundaries had withdrawn, by persistent increase throughout Central Asia, Europe and Africa, Southeastern and South Asia (pp.27-40). Multitude of countries, built on experimenting with forms of legitimation and structure, have been restructured and strengthened almost everywhere.
In summary, a lot of expansions and continuity in the Islamic world has constantly been felt over the years. Even if Ibn Battuta died, his death did not lead to the end of everything but instead every other thing has expanded. This has been made possible with the rise of prominent Islamic rulers, the Ottoman, the Suleiman, the Seyyeid and many others just to mention a few. Many empires and kingdoms being ruled by Muslims have emerged and with this, some of these empires have made many conquests hence enlarging the territories of the Islamic world. The travels of Ibn Battuta ensured relations with some world leaders was possible and though there arose struggles later, many advancements still stands.
Works cited
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