1. Ibn Battuta in the East Carl Ernst Introduction to Islamic Civilization

2. Events en route Embassy to China Bad law and order situation Near-death experience Calicut Conversion legend 230 Dress codes 235 2

3. The itinerary 3

4. Adam’s Peak – Sri Lanka (241)

5. Pilgrims to the Footprint of Adam* Ibn Battuta in 1347 16 th -cent. onward – Sufi pilgrims barred by Portuguese Azad Bilgrami in 1750 (The Coral Rosary of Indian Antiquities) *or the Buddha, or Shiva

6. Adam’s Peak Adam’s peak in Serendip (Ceylon) -- a European view

7. The Mosque of al-Khidr Kathirkamam (http://kataragama.org/ islamic.htm)

8. Further journeys Muslim settlements in Malay straits and China Skepticism over China section Skips Delhi to avoid execution Plague in Damascus 8

9. Oldest mosque in Malay peninsula (Kota Baru, ca. 1700) 9