The man who traveled for 30 years

Posted on May 26, 2013

Shamsuddin Mohammed, “Ibn Battuta”, the great Muslim adventurer of Morocco, was born on 17th of Rajab 703 AH (corresponding to Feb. 24, 1304) to an educated family in Tangier.
Ibn Battuta was the only medieval traveler who is known to have visited the lands of every Muslim ruler of his time. He also traveled to Ceylon, China, Byzantium and south Russia. His travels are estimated to have spanned no less than 75,000 miles, a distance unheard of before the age of engines.
His very first adventures took place in Egypt, Syria and Hijaz. Ibn Battuta traveled to Makkah by land, following the North African coast through Tlemcen, Béjaïa and Tunis, where he stayed for two months. Read the rest of this entry »