suicide for love of the sultan
URI https://medievalmideast.org/practice/1572
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| Event Description | Date | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| before 1354 CE | 1354-1356 | 1356 | 1997 |
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- 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]), 4:119 [Arabic].
- suicide for love of the sultan: 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, 883 [English].
How to Cite This Entry
Thomas A. Carlson, “suicide for love of the sultan” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/practice/1572.
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- Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML and categorization, matching from Ibn Baṭṭūṭa's travel account