Biography of ibn battuta
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The Ages of
Exploration
Introduction
Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta, better known bygd his surname Ibn Battuta, was a great Medieval traveler and explorer. He is often compared to Marco Polo, who died a year before Ibn Battuta left home. But unlike Polo, Ibn Battuta traveled mostly to and within Muslim regions. This network of Muslim kingdoms is called the Dar al-Islam, or “Abode of Islam.” His book, or rihla in Arabic, helped shed light on many aspects of the social, cultural, and political history of a great part of the Muslim world.
Biography
Early Life
Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta (known as Ibn Battuta) was born on February 25, in the city of Tangier, Morocco in Northern Africa. Little fryst vatten known about his early childhood. But we know much about his travels because he had them written. Several members of his family were legal scholars and judges. Ibn Battuta received a good education because he came from an elite family. Most boys of this time and
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OLLIE: Who shall we look up today?
FATIMA: My grandmother told me about this amazing explorer, Ibn Battuta. He was a Moroccan explorer from way, way back; the s, I think. Can we look him up?
OLLIE: Sounds great. Holo-Lab, let’s meet Ibn Battuta.
HOLO-LAB: Searching. Searching… Explorer found. Ibn Battuta.
FATIMA: Wow! Before Henry VIII. Before Guru Nanak.
IBN BATTUTA: As-salamu alaykum!
FATIMA: Alaykumu s-salām. Tell us about the places you’ve explored.
IBN BATTUTA: My journey started when I wanted to undertake the Hajj, a pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca, to visit the Kaaba, the house of God. I left when I was twenty one, in June
OLLIE: Was it far?
IBN BATTUTA: It was nearly 3, miles as the crow flies, from my home in Tangiers in Morocco, but I had to travel by land. I made a point of never travelling on the same road twice. And because I wanted to explore, I stopped at many wonderful places.
FATIMA: Where did you stop?
IBN BATTUTA: I travelled 2, miles to Alexandri
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Born in in the Moroccan port of Tangier, Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Abdullah Al Lawati Al Tanji Ibn Battuta (أبو عبد الله محمد ابن عبد الله اللواتي الطنجي ابن بطوطة), known to history simply as Ibn Battuta, was the greatest traveler to ever roam the earth.
In an era when precious few possessed the means or the courage to submit to curiosity and venture off the map's edge, Ibn Battuta set out as a young man to complete Islam's traditional pilgrimage to Mecca, and ultimately spent the better part of his life wandering.
But Ibn Battuta is known to us today not just because he traveled, but because he recorded for posterity all that he saw along the way.
In nearly 30 years on the road, Ibn Battuta traversed North Africa, Egypt, and the Swahili coast; reached Mecca on the Arabian Peninsula, visiting Palestine and Greater Syria en route; swung through Anatolia and Persia to Afghanistan; crossed the Himalayas to India, then Sri Lanka and the Maldives; and reached the eastern