Travels of Ibn Baṭṭūṭa
Goa (Sandābūr)
Title
Naval attack on Goa
Short description
Naval attack on Goa accompanied by music.
Text on source
فرَكِبَ مركبًا منها وأنا معه وذلك في يوم السبت، فوصلنا عشي الإثنين إلى سندابور ودخلنا خورها، فوجدنا أهلها مستعدين للحرب، وقد نصبوا المجانيق، فبِتْنَا عليها تلك الليلة، فلما أصبح ضُرِبَت الطبول والأنفار والأبواق، وزحفت المراكب، ورمت عليها بالمجانيق [ص. ٤١١]
English translation
He [the Sultan] embarked on one of the vessels, I being with him, on a Saturday, and we reached Sandabur on the Monday evening. When we entered its bay, we found its inhabitants prepared for the battle, with mangonels already set up. So we spent that night near the place, and on the next morning, when the drums [ṭubūl], straight trumpets [anfār] and coiled trumpets [abwāq] were sounded, the vessels moved in to the attack, and the defenders bombarded them with the mangonels.
Folios/Pages
819-820
Date
1342 circa
Observations on the events description
The use of military bands during military operations is widely documented in the Islamic world, generally associated with the Nawba (see Ṭabl-K̲h̲āna, EI-2).
The dots on the map indicate the places where sound and music events were described. They don't represent travel stages.
Participants
Name
Role
Notes
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Bahman Shāh, Jamāl al-Dīn
Viewer
Sultan
How to quote
Pintimalli A., "Naval attack on Goa" (Event description), Echos. Sound Ecosystems in Travelogues. Published 2024 07 17.doi: 10.25430/echos.travels.130
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