<p>Almost everything that is known of the life and personality of Ibn Battuta is derived from his own narrative of his travels. So wrote H. A. R. Gibb in his Foreword in 1957 at the start of this Hakluyt Society project. Now over forty years later, the completion has been achieved by the publication of the fifth volume, being an extensive index compiled by Professor Bivar, which covers all four previous volumes.</p>

The Travels of Ibn Battuta. A.D. 1325-1354. Index. Volume V. 
(Hakluyt Society, Second Series, 190)

History

Bivar, A.D.H.

Asia

Hakluyt Society

In this volume the author introduces and discusses the origins and development of Mithra, in ancient Indo-Iranian mythology, the god of light, whose cult spread from India in the east to as far west as Spain, Great Britain, and Germany. His worship spread to Persia and, after the defeat of the Persians by Alexander, throughout the Hellenic world. In the 3rd and 4th centuries ad, the cult of Mithra, carried and supported by the soldiers of the Roman Empire, was the chief rival to the newly developing religion of Christianity. As god of light, Mithra was associated with the Greek sun god, Helios, and the Roman Sol Invictus. He is often paired with Anahita, goddess of the fertilizing waters.

The Personalities of Mithra in Archaeology and Literature (Biennial Ehsan Yarshater Lecture Series)

Religion & Spirituality

Bibliotheca Persica

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The Travels of Ibn Battuta. A.D. 1325-1354. Index. Volume V. (Hakluyt Society, Second Series, 190)

The Personalities of Mithra in Archaeology and Literature (Biennial Ehsan Yarshater Lecture Series)