Ibn Battuta, a 14th-century scholar from Tangier, set out on what was intended as a pilgrimage to Mecca and ended up travelling roughly 120,000 kilometres across the Muslim world and beyond over three decades, visiting territories from West Africa to China. His travel account, the Rihla, remains an invaluable historical record of the societies, rulers, and daily life he encountered.
Scholar
Ibn Battuta
ابن بطوطة
Post-Abbasid era · 1304–1368 CE
A traveller who journeyed roughly 120,000 kilometres across the Muslim world and beyond over three decades.
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