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Ibn Battuta

Traveller from Tangier, Morocco, who from 1325 spent some thirty years crossing the Islamic world, India, China and Africa and left an account of his journeys

Born into a family of Islamic legal scholars in Tangier, Morocco, he set out on the pilgrimage to Mecca in 1325 and spent some thirty years travelling through western Asia, East Africa, Central Asia, India, Southeast Asia and China. He served as a judge in the Delhi Sultanate and the Maldives. After his return, at the command of the Marinid sultan, he dictated his Travels to Ibn Juzayy, and he spent his last years as a judge in Morocco.

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    1325 – 1354Travels of Ibn Battutaleader

    Ibn Battuta of Tangier in Morocco set out on the pilgrimage to Mecca and spent some thirty years travelling the Islamic world, India, China and Africa, leaving his famous Travels.

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