[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 غرائب الأمصار وعجائب الأسفار](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta) › [The Travels of Ibn Batuta](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta~en-lee) › 17.1.7 # تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 17.1.7 The Travels of Ibn Batūta 17.1.7 - **Language:** English ### [17.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta~en-lee.17.1.7) He told me, that he was then one hundred and fifty years old. I was informed that he would constantly fast, and that for many successive days. We next arrived at the city of Merwa, which is a large place, inhabited for the most part by infidels, who pay tribute to the Emperor. We next arrived at the city of Kalyur, which is large, and which has a fortress on the top of a high mountain. In this the Emperor imprisons those of whom he entertains any fear. We next arrived at the city of Barun, which is small, and inhabited by Moslems : it is situated in the midst of the infidel districts. In these parts are many wild beasts, which enter the town and tear the inhabitants. I was told, however, that such as enter the streets of the town are not wild beasts really, but only some of the magicians called Jogees, who can assume the shape of wild beasts, and appear as such to the mind. These are a people who can work miracles, of which one is, that any one of them can keep an entire fast for several months. - [Previous: 17.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta~en-lee.17.1.6) - [Next: 17.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta~en-lee.17.2.1) - [Up: 17.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta~en-lee.17.1) ## Linked texts (1) - [تحفة النظار في غرائب الأمصار وعجائب الأسفار](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta.13.49.3-5) — Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, Arabic --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta~en-lee.17.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta~en-lee.17.1.7) · Pramāṇa