Ibn Battuta

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explorer historical figure human jurist qadi travel writer traveler

Ibn Battuta was a 14th-century Moroccan explorer and travel writer renowned for his extensive journeys across Africa, the Middle East, Central and South Asia, and China, which he documented in a famous travelogue.

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instanceOf explorer →
historical figure →
human →
jurist →
qadi →
travel writer →
traveler →
centuryOfBirth 14th century →
commissionedBy Abu Inan Faris →
countryOfCitizenship Marinid Sultanate →
Morocco →
culture Islamic →
dateOfBirth 1304 →
dateOfDeath c. 1368 →
or c. 1369 →
distanceTraveledEstimate approximately 120,000 kilometers →
documentedBy Ibn Juzayy →
endTimeOfMajorJourney c. 1354 →
era 14th century →
medieval period →
ethnicGroup Berber →
fieldOfWork Islamic law →
geography →
travel literature →
fullName Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Battuta →
gender male →
givenName Muhammad →
hasGenre autobiographical narrative →
travelogue →
influenced historians of the Islamic world →
later geographers →
travel literature tradition →
languageOfWorkOrName Arabic →
movement Islamic Golden Age →
nativeLanguage Arabic →
notableFor detailed travelogue of 14th-century Afro-Eurasia →
extensive travels across the Islamic world and beyond →
notableWork A Gift to Those Who Contemplate the Wonders of Cities and the Marvels of Traveling →
Rihla →
numberOfHajjPilgrimages at least one →
occupation explorer →
qadi →
scholar →
travel writer →
traveler →
performed Hajj →
placeOfBirth Morocco →
Tangier →
placeOfDeath Morocco →
regionOfActivity Afro-Eurasia →
religion Islam →
religiousDenomination Sunni Islam →
servedAs qadi in Delhi Sultanate →
servedUnder Muhammad bin Tughluq NERFINISHED →
startTimeOfMajorJourney 1325 →
traveledTo Al-Andalus →
Anatolia →
Arabian Peninsula →
Central Asia →
China →
East Africa →
Indian subcontinent →
Maldives →
Mali Empire →
Middle East →
North Africa →
South Asia →
Southeast Asia →
Sri Lanka →
West Africa →
visitedCity Baghdad →
Cairo →
Constantinople →
Damascus →
Delhi →
Hangzhou →
Mecca →
Medina →
Quanzhou →
Timbuktu region →
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Ibn Battuta ("Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Battuta") →
fullName
Pax Mongolica →
hasNotableTraveler
Ibn Jubayr →
influenced
Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport →
namedAfter
Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport →
namedForPerson
Islamic Golden Age →
notableScholar
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