Further, he is one of the foremost scholars of the Moroccan medieval scholar Ibn Battuta. Mackintosh-Smith has published a trilogy recounting Ibn Battuta's journeys as published in his Muqaddimah (The Prologue): Travels with a Tangerine (2001), The Hall of a Thousand Columns (2005) and Landfalls (2010).
Mackintosh-Smith is recognized as an authority on the Moroccan medieval scholar Ibn Battuta. He has produced a trilogy that details Ibn Battuta's journeys, which are documented in his book "Muqaddimah (The Prologue): Travels with a Tangerine," "The Hall of a Thousand Columns," and "Landfalls."