Rihla

Rihla

A "Rihla" is a Classical Arabic term of a journey, with connotations of a journey undertaken for the sake of divine knowledge of Islam. It is a form of travel literature.

One of the most famous examples of this genre is the "Rihla of Ibn Battuta", which recounts the journey of the 14th-century Moroccan scholar and traveler Ibn Battuta.


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