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'''Ibn Battuta''' was an [[Islamic]] scholar and explorer who lived 1304-1368 or 1377 AD.  He traveled much of the Islamic world and recorded his trips in ''Rihla'' or "Journey." Battuta covered more miles than the better-known Marco Polo, although Polo went far beyond the borders of his religious roots.

'''Ibn Battuta''' was an [[Islamic]] scholar and explorer who lived 1304-1368 or 1377 AD.  A native of [[Tangiers]], [[Morocco]], between 1325 and 1354 he traveled much of the Islamic world recording his trips in ''Rihla'' or "Journey." Taking advantage of the respect shown to scholars throughout the Islamic world, and the network of scholar-teacher relationships, he was received with honour in all places he visited and accepted as a judge  - from [[Mali]] in his native [[Africa]] as far a-field as [[Sumatra]], [[China]] and Central [[Asia]].

 

Battuta covered more miles than the better-known Marco Polo, an estimated 75,000 miles (120,000 km), although Polo went far beyond the borders of his religious roots. Where Polo used the ''Pax Monglica'' and the friendship of the Great [[Khan]] as his passport, Ibn Battuta used the ubiquity of his faith.

*[[Marco Polo]]

*[[Marco Polo]]

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