CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2017
| Author | Iankovskaia, Aglaia Alexeievna |
|---|---|
| Title | At the Edge of the World of Islam: Maritime Southeast Asia in the Eyes of Ibn Battuta |
| Summary | The thesis deals with the accounts of Maritime Southeast Asia by the medieval Arab traveller Ibn Battuta (1304-1368). It addresses two major issues related to the text—its credibility and the conception of the region it represents. Employing an interdisciplinary approach, the author discusses Ibn Battuta’s description of Southeast Asia from the perspectives of historical geography, literary studies and cultural anthropology, and juxtaposes it with other Arabic and non-Arabic medieval texts. The general authenticity of the accounts is concluded to be doubtful, yet some particular reports are considered credible. Ibn Battuta’s conception of Maritime Southeast Asia is argued to be largely shaped by the traveller’s perception of the region as the frontier of the world of Islam. |
| Supervisor | Perczel, István |
| Department | Medieval Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2017/iankovskaia_aglaia.pdf |
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