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Ibn Battuta - The Mad Sultan - Extra History - #3

🕑 Added 2020-03-20 17:30:01 +0000 UTC

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Bill Lemmond

I'm really surprised the carpets-spread-on-snow thing worked with the camels. Why didn't the carpets just become impromptu socks? I'd love to see that episode of ... that TV show that tested to see if things were true?

Martin Verran

I don't Know about you good folks but I reckon it's Alternate History Time. 1326 17th November In the Arab and Islamic Kingdom of Hejaz, the Islamic Scholar Ibn Battuta Joins a large Caravan of Pilgrims Returning to Iraq from Mecca across the Arabian Peninsula, but Instead, turns Back and Heads to the City of Constantinople. Making the most of his Education, he Persuades Byzantine Basileus Ivan Alexander to Employ him as an Agent for a Diplomatic Mission to Rome.