What did Ibn Battuta see in al-Andalus?

"among them, the jurist Abu Ali Umar, son of the righteous, pious Sheikh Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn al-Mahruk. I spent several days at his zawiyah, spiritual retreat outside Granada, and he honored me most graciously. I accompanied him to visit the renowned and blessed zawiyah, known as the Ribat al-Aqab. An aqab is a mountain overlooking the outskirts of Granada, about eight miles away, adjacent to the ruined city of Al-Bayda. I also met his nephew, the jurist Abu al-Hassan Ali ibn Ahmad ibn al-Mahruk, at his zawiyah attributed to the mosque at the top of Rab Najd outside of Granada, connected to Mount Sabiqa. He was a sheikh"

"mosque at the top of Rab Najd outside of Granada, connected to Mount Sabiqa. He was a sheikh to the adherents among the poor. In Granada, there are numerous poor Persians who settled there due to its resemblance to their homeland, among them, Hajj Abu Abdullah Samarkandi, Hajj Ahmad Tabrizi, Hajj Ibrahim Kanawi, Hajj Hussain Khorasani, and the two Hajjas Ali and Rashid al-Hindia, among others. Then I traveled from Granada to Al-Hama, then to Velez, then to Malaga, and then to the fortress of Daquan, a beautiful fort abundant with water, trees, and fruits. From there I journeyed to Ronda, and then to the village of Banu"

"Ibn Juzay said, Were it not for the fear of being accused of bias, I would have elaborated extensively on describing Granada, yet what is well known like its fame does not need extended description. As our master Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Shirin al-Basti, a resident of Granada, aptly said, God bless the diverse beauty of Granada that delights the sad and shelters the outcast. My companion became weary when he saw its snowy landscapes turn cold again. It is the frontier, may God protect its inhabitants, and what good is a frontier that does not remain cool?"

"turn cold again. It is the frontier, may God protect its inhabitants, and what good is a frontier that does not remain cool? The king of Granada when I entered it was Sultan Abu al-Hajaj Yusuf ibn Sultan Abu al-Walid Ismail ibn Faraj ibn Ismail ibn Yusuf ibn Nasser. I did not meet him due to his illness. His virtuous, righteous mother sent me gold dinars, which I benefited from. In Granada I met several of its distinguished individuals, including the prestigious and eloquent judge of the community, Abu al-Qasim Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Husayni al-Sabti, the scholar and preacher, Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Bayani, and its scholar and"

"the imam of the Shrine of Abu Bakr, and then the imam of the Shrine of Uthman. May Allah be pleased with them all. The Maliki imam at the time of my visit was the jurist Abu Umar ibn al-Walid ibn al-Hajj al-Tijibi, originally from Cordoba but born in Granada, residing in Damascus, and alternating the role of imam with his brother. May Allah have mercy on them. The Hanafi imam at that time was the jurist Imad ad-Din al-Hanafi, known as Ibn al-Rumi, a prominent Sufi, who also served as the leader of the Kanka al-Kanutiya, as well as having a kanka in the upper sharaf. The Hanbali imam at that time was Sheikh Abdullah the Blind, one of the senior Quran reciters in Damascus."

"or Kashan, or Sawa, or Awwa, or Tus, the doer would perish because they are extreme Rafidites. Ibn Juzay said, I witnessed in the city of Parshana, in the valley of Mansura, in the land of Al-Andalus, may Allah protect it, a minaret that shook without anyone mentioning any cave or others. to it. It is within the great mosque there, and its construction is not ancient. It stands as one of the most beautiful sights you could witness, symmetrical and tall, without tilt or deviance. I went up it once with a group of people. Some of those with me took hold of its sides and shook it, causing it to sway until I signaled them to stop, and they ceased"

"herbs. In this city, I met the righteous Sheikh Abdullah al-Misri, the traveler who was among the pious, traversing lands except for China, Serendib Island, the Maghreb, Al-Andalus, and the Sudan, exceeding him by entering these regions. News of the Sultan of Bursa. The Sultan was Ikhtiyar al-Din Urqan Bey, and Urqan, with a dhamma on the hamza and a dotted kh, was the son of Sultan Osman, from whom the Ottoman sultans trace their lineage."

"Regarding the mountain, two companions of mine, the esteemed jurist Abu Muhammad Abdullah Ibn Farhan from Africa and Al-Tuzri and Abu Al-Abbas Ahmad from Al-Andalus of Wadi Ash encountered it. While temporarily residing in Mecca, honored by Allah, in the year 728 AH, they sought the cave without a knowledgeable guide and got lost on a different disconnected path at the height of the scorching heat."