Timbuktu (settlement)
URI https://medievalmideast.org/place/977
Names
- Arabic: تنبكتو = Tunbuktū 1
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| Event Description | Date | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| before 1354 CE | 1354-1356 | 1356 | 1997 |
Sources
- 1Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūṭa: al-musammāt Tuḥfat al-niẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, edited by ʿAbd al-Hādī al-Tāzī (al-Ribāṭ: Akādīmiyyat al-Mamlaka al-Maghribiyya, 1417 H [1996-97]), 4:250, 266 [Arabic].
- Tunbuktū: H. A. R. Gibb, C. F. Beckingham, and A. D. H. Bivar, trans., The Travels of Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, A.D. 1325-1354 (London: The Hakluyt Society, 1958-2000), IV, 955, 969 [English].
How to Cite This Entry
Thomas A. Carlson and Evan Willford, “Timbuktu” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/place/977.
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- Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; place categorization; abstract; and categorization, matching, Arabic collection and transliteration from Ibn Baṭṭūṭa's travel account
- Evan Willford: matching from Ibn Baṭṭūṭa's travel account