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Quotation from The Travels of Ibn Battuta by Ibn Battuta
“A Jew was our interpreter. The King was much surprised at my tale ; and said to his sons: Let this man be treated honourably, and give him a letter of safe conduct.”
The Travels of Ibn Battuta, Chapter XIII (Constantinople), trans. Samuel Lee (1829)
Received by the Byzantine emperor, Ibn Battuta describes Jerusalem, Damascus and the lands he has seen.
Citation: "A Jew was our interpreter. The King was much surprised at my tale ; and said to his sons: Let this man be treated honourably, and give him a letter of safe conduct." — Ibn Battuta, The Travels of Ibn Battuta, Chapter XIII (Constantinople), trans. Samuel Lee (1829). (id ibn-battuta-travels-q7)
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