L'Itineraire d'Ibn Battuta de Walata a Malli
- 1 July 1972
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Journal of African History
- Vol. 13 (3) , 389-395
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0021853700011701
Abstract
Information collected in the field and careful reading of Ibn Battuta's account of his travels does not support Delafosse's usually accepted opinion on Battuta's itinerary. Several pieces of evidence point towards the identification of Zaġari with Diara (Kingi) rather than with Dia (Masina). Such an itinerary would lead further to the west. Information given about the return journey seems also to indicate that Ibn Battuta's destination, Malli, should be located between the southern part of Bambuk and the upper Gambia rather than at the site of Niani.Keywords
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