| Islamic scholar/Explorer Medieval era | |
 | |
| Full name | Ibn Battuta |
|---|---|
| Born | February, 1304 Tangier, Morocco |
| Died | 1368 or 1369 Morocco |
| School/tradition | Sunni Maliki |
Ibn Battuta (1304–1368 or 1369)[1] was a Moroccan Muslim Berber scholar and traveller who is known for the account of his travels and excursions called the Rihla (Voyage). His journeys lasted for a period of nearly thirty years and covered almost the entirety of the known Islamic world and beyond, extending from North Africa, West Africa, Southern Europe and Eastern Europe in the West, to the Middle East, Indian subcontinent, Central Asia, Southeast Asia and China in the East, a distance readily surpassing that of his predecessors and his near-contemporary Marco Polo.
Contents
[hide]- 1 Early life and his first Hajj
- 2 Iraq and Persia
- 3 East Africa
- 4 Byzantine Empire, Golden Horde, Anatolia, Central Asia and India
- 5 Southeast Asia and China
- 6 Return home and the Black Death
- 7 Andalus and North Africa
- 8 The Sahara Desert to Mali and Timbuktu
- 9 The Rihla
- 10 Places visited by Ibn Battuta
- 11 See also
- 12 Notes
- 13 References
- 14 Further reading
- 15 External links
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