Rare Ibn Battuta manuscript fetches nearly Dh1 million at Abu Dhabi book fair
Abu Dhabi: Nearly seven centuries after Ibn Battuta chronicled an epic journey that took him across the Hejaz and the Gulf, a rare manuscript of his famed Rihla has fetched close to Dh1 million at the 35th Abu Dhabi International Book Fair (ADIBF 2026). Only seven complete or incomplete copies of the Rihla are known to survive worldwide, making the manuscript an exceptionally rare record of one…
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