The Hall of a Thousand Columns

Synopsis of The Hall of a Thousand Columns

«The Hall of a Thousand Columns» is a travel book by Tim Mackintosh-Smith, in paperback (352 pages, in English).

Tim Mackintosh-Smith reconstructs the Indian leg of the journey that the Moroccan Ibn Battutah made in the 14th century: from the plains of Hindustan to the Deccan plateau and the ports of Malabar. Judge, courtier, prisoner and ambassador, the traveler left a treasure of stories that the author recovers to show an India far from the tourist circuits.

The full title is «The Hall of a Thousand Columns: Hindustan to Malabar with Ibn Battutah». Published in 2006, the book has 352 pages in this paperback edition.

For readers interested in travel writing, the history of India and the figure of Ibn Battutah.