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 ...

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 ...

What were famed Moroccan traveller Ibn Battuta’s first impressions of Sharjah more than 700 years ago? And how did Emirati navigator Ahmad Ibn Majid shape the course of maritime history?

“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 ...

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 ...