Ibn Battuta

Ibn Battuta was a Maghrebi Muslim traveller, explorer, and scholar from Tangier, Morocco. Over a 30-year period (1325-1354) he visited much of Africa, Asia, and the Iberian Peninsula.

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Who was born first?

• Ibn Battuta and Petrarch were born the same year
• Ibn Battuta and Ibn al-Shatir were born the same year
• Ibn Battuta was born 34 years after Lancelotto Malocello
• Ibn Battuta was born 50 years after Marco Polo
• Ibn Battuta was born 58 years before Jean de Béthencourt

Timeline

1. Marco PoloSeptember 15, 1254 – January 8, 1324
2. Lancelotto Malocello1270–1336
3. Ibn al-Shatir1304–1375
4. Ibn Battuta (this page)February 24, 1304 – circa 1368
5. PetrarchJuly 20, 1304 – July 19, 1374
6. Jean de Béthencourt1362–1425

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