Ibn Battuta (1304 AD - 1369 AD)

Complete name: Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Abdullah Allawati Attangi ibn Batutah
Born: February 25, 1304 at Tangier, Morocco
Died: 1369 (aged 64–65) in Morocco
Occupation: Scholar, Jurist, Judge, Explorer, Geographer
Religion: Islam
Known for: Travelling across most of the known world at that time
Works: Ar-Rihla (The journey)
Places travelled: North Africa, Horn of Africa, West Africa, Eastern Europe, Middle East, South Asia, Central Asia, Southeast Asia and China

Ibn Battuta was one of the greatest travellers of all time. Over his lifetime Ibn Battuta traveled over 73,000 miles (117 500 km) and visited the equivalent of 44 modern countries.

List of Places

Northwest Africa - Tangier, Fes, Marrakech, Tlemcen (Tilimsan), Miliana, Algiers, Djurdjura Mountains, Bgayet, Constantine, Annaba (Bona), Tunis, Sousse (Susah), Sfax, Gabes (Qabis), Tripoli

Middle East - Ajloun, Al Karak, Cairo, Alexandria, Damietta, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Hebron, Damascus, Latakia, Egypt, Syria, Medina, Jeddah, Mecca, Najaf, Rabigh, Oman, Dhofar, Hajr, Bahrain, Al-Hasa, Strait of Hormuz, Yemen, Qatif

Spain - Granada, Valencia

Byzantine Empire and Eastern Europe - Konya, Antalya, Bulgaria, Azov, Kazan, Volga River, Constantinople

Central Asia - Khwarezm, Khorasan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Balochistan, Afghanistan, Bukhara, Samarqand

South Asia - North India, Sindh (Pakistan), Multan Delhi, Present day Uttar Pradesh, Present day Gujarat, Maharashtra, Kozhikode, Malabar, Pandiyan Kingdom, Bengal, Brahmaputra River, Meghna River near Dhaka, Sylhet, Maldives, Sri Lanka (Serendip),

China - Quanzhou, Hangzhou,  Beijing

Southeast Asia - Burma (Myanmar), Samudera Pasai Sultanate, Aceh, Northern Sumatra, Indonesia, Malacca, Malay Peninsula Malaysia

Somalia - Mogadishu, Zeila

Swahili Coast - Kilwa, Mombasa

Mali Empire and West Africa - Timbuktu, Gao, Takedda,

Mauritania - Oualata (Walata)

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