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Ibn Battuta (24 February 13041368/1369) was a Maghrebi Muslim traveller, explorer and scholar from Tangier (in present-day Morocco).Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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24 February 1304exact date
Tangierattested“All that is known about Ibn Battuta's life comes from the autobiographical information included in the account of his travels, which records that he was of Arabised Berber descent, born into a family of Islamic legal scholars (known as q…”source: Wikipedia: Ibn Battuta
17 November 1326exact date
Meccaattested“On 17 November 1326, following a month spent in Mecca, Ibn Battuta joined a large caravan of pilgrims returning to Iraq across the Arabian Peninsula.”source: Wikipedia: Ibn Battuta
17 November 1326exact date
Iraqattested“On 17 November 1326, following a month spent in Mecca, Ibn Battuta joined a large caravan of pilgrims returning to Iraq across the Arabian Peninsula.”source: Wikipedia: Ibn Battuta
17 November 1326exact date
Arabian Peninsulaattested“On 17 November 1326, following a month spent in Mecca, Ibn Battuta joined a large caravan of pilgrims returning to Iraq across the Arabian Peninsula.”source: Wikipedia: Ibn Battuta
1330year
Kilwaattested“Ibn Battuta recorded his visit to the Kilwa Sultanate in 1330, and commented favourably on the humility and religion of its ruler, Sultan al-Hasan ibn Sulaiman, a descendant of the legendary Ali ibn al-Hassan Shirazi.”source: Wikipedia: Ibn Battuta
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14 June 1325exact date
Meccamentioned“On 2 Rajab 725 AH (14 June 1325 AD), Ibn Battuta set off from his home town at the age of 21 to perform a hajj (pilgrimage) to Mecca, a journey that would ordinarily take sixteen months.”source: Wikipedia: Ibn Battuta
1326year
Palestine (region)mentioned“From there he crossed the Sinai Peninsula to Palestine and then travelled north again through some of the towns that he had visited in 1326.”source: Wikipedia: Ibn Battuta
June 1327month
Baghdadmentioned“Finally, he returned across the mountains to Baghdad, arriving there in June 1327.”source: Wikipedia: Ibn Battuta
September 1327month
Meccamentioned“Ibn Battuta remained in Mecca for some time (the Rihla suggests about three years, from September 1327 until autumn 1330).”source: Wikipedia: Ibn Battuta
1329 to 1331period
Ta'izzmentioned“In all likelihood, he went directly from Ta'izz to the important trading port of Aden, arriving around the beginning of 1329 or 1331.”source: Wikipedia: Ibn Battuta
1330 to 1332period
Meccamentioned“With a change in the monsoon winds, Ibn Battuta sailed back to Arabia, first to Oman and the Strait of Hormuz then on to Mecca for the hajj of 1330 (or 1332).”source: Wikipedia: Ibn Battuta
1330 to 1332period
Omanmentioned“With a change in the monsoon winds, Ibn Battuta sailed back to Arabia, first to Oman and the Strait of Hormuz then on to Mecca for the hajj of 1330 (or 1332).”source: Wikipedia: Ibn Battuta
1330 to 1332period
Arabiamentioned“With a change in the monsoon winds, Ibn Battuta sailed back to Arabia, first to Oman and the Strait of Hormuz then on to Mecca for the hajj of 1330 (or 1332).”source: Wikipedia: Ibn Battuta
1330 to 1332period
Indiamentioned“In the autumn of 1330 (or 1332), he set off for the Seljuk controlled territory of Anatolia to take an overland route to India.”source: Wikipedia: Ibn Battuta
1332year
Constantinoplementioned“Arriving in Constantinople towards the end of 1332 (or 1334), he met the Byzantine emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos.”source: Wikipedia: Ibn Battuta
12 September 1333exact date
Indus Rivermentioned“He wrote, Ibn Battuta and his party reached the Indus River on 12 September 1333.”source: Wikipedia: Ibn Battuta
1341year
Yuan dynastymentioned“The opportunity for Battuta to leave Delhi finally arose in 1341 when an embassy arrived from the Yuan dynasty of China asking for permission to rebuild a Himalayan Buddhist temple popular with Chinese pilgrims.”source: Wikipedia: Ibn Battuta
1345year
Quanzhoumentioned“In the year 1345, Ibn Battuta arrived at Quanzhou in China's Fujian province, then under the rule of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty.”source: Wikipedia: Ibn Battuta
1345year
Chinamentioned“In the year 1345, Ibn Battuta arrived at Quanzhou in China's Fujian province, then under the rule of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty.”source: Wikipedia: Ibn Battuta
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