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Ibn Battuta

  • 1304

    Ibn Battuta was Born in the city of Tangiers in Morocco

  • 1326

    He undertook his first voyage

    It was a long journey to the holy city of Mecca
  • 1330

    He travelled to Taizz in present day Yemen and Aden

    After staying in Mecca
  • 1331

    Ibn Battuta travelled to Mogadishu in Somalia

  • 1332

    He first went to Anatolia

  • 1334

    He travelled to the iconic city of Constantinople

  • 1334

    Battuta finally reached Delhi

    i and presented himself to the king of the Delhi Sultanate, Muhammad bin Tughlaq appointed Battuta as a judge and expert on Islamic law
  • 1352

    His last journeys were to Spain and Sudan

  • 1353

    Battuta went back to his native Morocco

    And took up employment as a judge
  • 1368

    Battuta died