1) Ibn Battuta (c.1304 โ 1368) was a Berber Muslim Moroccan Maliki judge and explorer who widely traveled the Old World, traveling more than any other explorer in history, totaling around 117,000 km, surpassing Zheng He with about 50,000 km and Marco Polo with 24,000 km...1/3
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2) Ibn Battuta visited most of the Old World, including Central Asia, Southeast Asia, China, and the Iberian Peninsula. He dictated an account of his journeys, titled A Gift to Those Who Contemplate the Marvels of Traveling, commonly known as The Rihla...2/3
3) In June 1325, Ibn Battuta set off from his hometown on pilgrimage, to Mecca. He would not see Morocco again for 24 years.
"I set out alone, having neither fellow traveller. My parents being yet in the bonds of life, it weighed sorely upon me to part from them". -Ibn Battuta.
"I set out alone, having neither fellow traveller. My parents being yet in the bonds of life, it weighed sorely upon me to part from them". -Ibn Battuta.
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