[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Islamic world](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl) › [Arabic](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar) › [Travel and sea narratives](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla) › [تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta) › 13.13.2 # تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 13.13.2 تحفة النظار في غرائب الأمصار وعجائب الأسفار 13.13.2 - **Language:** Arabic ### [13.13.2](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta.13.13.2) وكانت معهم الخيل مجنوبة وعزموا على أن يقطعوا نهر السند عوما، ويركب أمير بخت وولده ومن لا يحسن العوم في معدية قصب يصنعونها، وكانوا قد اعدوا حبالا من الحرير برسم ذلك فلما وصلوا إلى النهر خافوا من عبوره بالعوم فبعثوا رجلين منهم إلى جلال الدين صاحب مدينة أوجة ، فقالا له: إن هاهنا تجارا أرادوا أن يعبروا النهر، وقد > They had horses led alongside, and they resolved to cross the river of Sind by swimming, while Amīr Bakht, his son and those who could not swim well would ride on a reed raft they would make; they had prepared silk ropes for that purpose. But when they reached the river they were afraid to cross it by swimming, so they sent two of their men to Jalāl al-Dīn, the governor of the city of Ūja, who said to him: "There are merchants here who wish to cross the river, and they have > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 13.13.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta.13.13.1) - [Next: 13.13.3](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta.13.13.3) - [Up: 13.13](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta.13.13) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta~en-mt.13.13.2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta.13.13.2](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta.13.13.2) · Pramāṇa