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Ibn Battuta

Also known as Ibn Battouta, Muhammad ibn Abdullah Ibn Battuta, Shams al-Dīn Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Yūsuf al-Lawātī al-Ṭanji, Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Battutah, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbdallâh Ibn Baṭṭûṭa

14th century Muslim Maghrebi scholar and explorer

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Ibn Battuta was born on February 24, 1304, and died in 1378. He is an author with works listed in the Open Library, which includes titles such as The Travels of Ibn Battuta, Voyages, Els viatges, and Voyages, t. 03 [ancienne édition]. His name appears in the Commons category and on a Commons Creator page.

His name is also associated with a Last.fm profile that lists 101 listeners and a playcount of 347. This profile identifies similar artists as Policing London, Dividing the Middle East, History of Space Travel, The Brothers Gracchi, and Early Christian Schisms. He is referenced by 1,140 other encyclopedia articles.

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Instance of: human
Given name: Muhammad
Gender: male
Place of birth: Tangier
Place of death: Fez
Occupation: Islamic jurist
Languages spoken: Persian
Native language: Arabic
Religion: Islam
Notable work: The Rihla
Field of work: fiqh
Image: Bust of Ibn Battuta at Ibn Battuta museum.jpg

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Commons category: Ibn Battuta
date of birth: 1304-02-24
date of death: 1378-00-00
name in native language: مُحمَّد بن عبد الله بن مُحمَّد اللواتي الطنجي
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
ethnic group: Berbers
tribe: Laguatan
Commons Creator page: Ibn Battuta

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Works in European collections

2 objects attributed to Ibn Battuta, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Ibn Battuta (/ˌɪbən bætˈtuːtɑː/; 24 February 1304 – 1368/1369) was a Maghrebi Muslim traveller, explorer and scholar from Tangier (in present-day Morocco). Over a period of 30 years from 1325 to 1354, he visited much of Africa, Asia, and the Iberian Peninsula. Near the end of his life, Ibn Battuta dictated an account of his journeys, titled A Gift to Those Who Contemplate the Wonders of Cities and the Marvels of Travelling, commonly known as The Rihla. Ibn Battuta travelled more than any other explorer in pre-modern history, totalling around 117,000 km (73,000 mi), surpassing Zheng He with about 50,000 km (31,000 mi) and Marco Polo with 24,000 km (15,000 mi).

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