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Ibn Battuta

c. 1304–1369 CE
ابن بطوطةThe great traveller
Field
Travel · Geography
City
Tangier
Contribution

Leaving Tangier for Hajj in 1325, he travelled for nearly three decades across Africa, the Middle East, Central and South Asia and China, recorded in his Rihlah.

Legacy

His Rihlah is a priceless record of the 14th-century world.

Prepared from standard sources; pending scholar review.