He survived fevers, diarrhea, and loneliness, traveling on camels, in wagons, on foot, by ship, and with other pilgrims in caravans for safety. In the cities he visited, Ibn Battuta met local ...

almost drowned in a sinking ship, and was nearly beheaded by a tyrannical ruler. In 1355, he was finally back home in Tangier, Morocco, permanently. In fact, Ibn Battuta never kept journals ...

Ibn Battuta, one of history’s greatest explorers, embarked on a remarkable journey that spanned nearly 30 years and covered vast parts of the world. This video delves into how Ibn Battuta, born in ...

Ibn Battuta is a vaynokki of the world. It was on a diplomatic mission for Tughlak that Battuta arrived in Kerala. On the ...

“In this town too” Ibn Battuta writes, “lives the famous ship owner Mithqal, who possesses vast wealth and many ships for his trade with India, China, al-Yaman, and Fars.” Ibn ...

The story of Ibn Battuta's visit to Saranadib has been told ... a storm had blown his tiny vessel to Sri Lanka. Landing at Puttalam, he found that the area was under the Jaffna Tamil King Arya ...

According to the narration a violent storm broke out at the time when the ship was to set sail, completely destroying two of them and driving away a third. Ibn Battuta could not board as he was ...

In 1325, when Ibn Battuta was 20 years old ... and once he was almost drowned in a sinking ship. He had a few marriages, lovers during his travelling and he also became the father of several ...

In February 1352, Islamic scholar and explorer Ibn Battuta set off from the city of Sijilmasa at the edge of the Sahara to journey with a camel caravan to lands far to the south. The voyage across ...