IBN BATUTA
\ˈa͡ɪbən bˈatjuːtə], \ˈaɪbən bˈatjuːtə], \ˈaɪ_b_ə_n b_ˈa_t_j_uː_t_ə]\
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An Arabic writer of travel; born at Tangier. Morocco, about 1304; died at Fez, about 1377. He made many voyages and wrote his "Travels", which were translated into French and English. He is sometimes termed Abu Abdallah Mohammed.
By Charles Dudley Warner
Word of the day
tinctura quininae ammoniata
- A preparation made by dissolving quinin sulphate in alcohol [Br. Ph.].