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WORD WORK
1 Find words from Chapter 5 in these sentences and complete the puzzle.
a 
My brother told me some bad ensw. He lost his expensive new camera yesterday.
b 
Our country isn’t very big. It’s only a small dikogmn in the desert.
c 
Hundreds of years ago, many people died from the lpugae.
d 
The ruler of that country is a young
inkg, but he comes from an old and 
famous family.
e 
When we visited the old city, we saw the 
vrega of a traveller from long ago there.
a
b
c
d
e
2 Read the blue squares above and find the name of a dangerous animal.
This animal makes a lot of trouble for one traveller in the next chapter.
GUESS WHAT
In the next chapter Ibn Battuta travels south from Morocco and then home again. 
Which people does he meet? Tick four boxes. 
Which people does he meet? Tick four boxes.
The Sultan of Delhi. 
Ibn Battuta worked 
for him in India. 
Al-Bushri’s brother. 
Ibn Battuta once met 
Al-Bushri in China. 
King Mansa 
Sulayman – the rich 
and famous king of 
Mali. 
The holy man 
Burhan Al-Din. He 
once told Ibn Battuta 
about his future. 
The Sultan of 
Morocco – the ruler 
of Ibn Battuta’s home 
country. 
The writer Ibn 
Juzayy. Ibn Battuta 
met him in Granada. 
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piece
some, 
but not all, of 
something
salt
this is white 
and it comes from 
the ground; we 
put it on things 
before we eat 
them
Chapter 6 - To Mali and back 
When I arrived the next day, my uncle said, ‘Ahmed, 
you wanted to be a traveller before. Do you want to be a 
traveller now?’
‘Yes,’ I answered. ‘It’s not easy, I know. But I truly want 
to travel.’
‘Good,’ he said. ‘So listen carefully – because there’s 
more to learn.’
For my last journey, I travelled south because I wanted 
to visit Mali. You see, years before in Cairo, I heard many 
stories about the famous King of Mali – Mansa Sulayman 
– and all his gold.
So I left Fez and journeyed across the Atlas mountains 
to the town of Sijilmasa. Now, do you remember – I met 
a man called Al-Bushri in China? Well, in Sijilmasa I met 
Al-Bushri’s brother! It was strange. The two brothers were 
in very different places, but I met the older one and the 
younger one!
Then I travelled by camel with a caravan to Taghaza. 
It wasn’t a beautiful village, but it had some interesting 
buildings. The people there take big