Episode 21: Balance
Ibn Battuta Season 1
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10m
At Bashiq port, Ibn Battuta learns that the commander had been ordered by the Sultan to arrest all the pearl gatherers and fisherman. Ibn Battuta and the head pearl gatherer want to save the town but have very different approaches. Ibn Battuta wants a peaceful solution; the headman seeks a violent means of dethroning the Sultan. Ibn Battuta tries to find the middle ground.
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