ABSTRACT
T hese are the words of the learned doctor of law, the trustworthy, illustrious, godly and most pious shaikh, the guest of God and visitor to His sanctuary, 1 the honour of the Faith, who in his travels stayed himself upon the Lord of the Universe, Abū ‘Abdallāh Muhammad ibn ‘Abdallaāh ibn Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Lawātī | al-Ṭanjī, 2 known as Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, may God have mercy on him and be pleased with him through His grace and bounty. Amen. Amen.
