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Quotation from The Travels of Ibn Battuta by Ibn Battuta
“The Nile, which runs through this country, excels all other rivers in the sweetness of its taste,”
The Travels of Ibn Battuta, Chapter II (Cairo), trans. Samuel Lee (1829)
Arriving at Cairo, Ibn Battuta begins his praise of the Nile and lists the great rivers of the world.
Citation: "The Nile, which runs through this country, excels all other rivers in the sweetness of its taste," — Ibn Battuta, The Travels of Ibn Battuta, Chapter II (Cairo), trans. Samuel Lee (1829). (id ibn-battuta-travels-q3)
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