Note 147 — IBN BAṬÚṬAH’S JOURNEY.
Reading edition
It is fortunate that Ibn Khaldún removes all doubts as to the identity of Ibn Baṭúṭah’s Kaúkaú with Leo’s Gago. The latter writer calls it (pt. VII. c. 7) “una grandissima citta.” He also says that, compared with the rest of Negroland, it was “molto civile.” His list of prices is curious, as well as his Macchiavellian remark on the ignorance and oppressed condition of the lower orders.