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Ibn Battuta's Travels: Route Map & Timeline

Ibn Battuta: 9 stops from 1325 to 1354, from Tangier to Fez.

Route map of Ibn Battuta's Travels
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Route and timeline

#YearPlaceWhat happened
11325TangierLeaves home at twenty-one on pilgrimage to Mecca.
21326CairoExplores the Mamluk capital.
31326MeccaCompletes his first pilgrimage and resolves to see the whole Islamic world.
41331KilwaSails down the East African coast and praises Kilwa.
51334DelhiServes as a judge under the Delhi Sultanate for nearly eight years.
61343MaldivesServes as a judge in the Maldives.
71345QuanzhouReaches the Yuan port of Zayton.
81352TimbuktuLate in life crosses the Sahara to the Mali Empire.
91354FezReturns to Morocco and dictates his Rihla.

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