Abū Abd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Abd Allāh Al-Lawātī commonly known as Ibn Battuta, was a Maghrebi traveller, explorer and scholar. Over a period of thirty years ...
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Ibn Battuta
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Born: February 24, 1304, Tangier, Morocco
Died: Morocco
Place of burial: Tomb of Ibn Batutta, Tangier, Morocco
Nationality: Moroccan
Epithet (Laqab): ibn Baṭṭūṭah
Era: Post-classical history
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Even before the term existed, Ibn Battuta lived as a true "Renaissance man." A trained qadi, or judge, he was also proficient in geography, botany, and Islamic ...
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The Arab equivalent of Marco Polo, Sheikh Ibn Battuta (1304-77) set out as a young man on a pilgrimage to Mecca that ended 27 years and 75,000 miles later.
Ibn Battuta was a medieval Muslim traveler who wrote one of the world's most famous travel logs, the Riḥlah. This work describes the people, places, and cultures he encountered in his journeys along some 75,000 miles (120,000 km) across and beyond the Islamic world.