Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta (February 24, 1304 - 1377) was a Moroccan Berber traveller and explorer.
Mighty ships ibn battuta biography
Mighty ships ibn battuta biography for kids
Ibn battuta biography for kids
Ibn battuta achievements
Mighty ships ibn battuta biography summary
His name is also sometimes spelled ibn Batuta.
At the instigation of the Sultan of Morocco, Ibn Battuta dictated an account of his journeys to a scholar named Ibn Juzayy, whom he had met while in Iberia. While obviously fictional in places, the Rihla (translated somewhat inaccurately into English as "My Travels") still gives as complete an account as exists of some parts of the world in the 14th century.
Almost all that is known about Ibn Battuta's life comes from one source -- Ibn Battuta himself.
In spots the things he claims he saw or did are probably fanciful, but in many others there is no way to know whether he is reporting or story-telling. The following account assumes the former where it is not obviously the latter.
Born in Tangier, Morocco some time between 1304 and 1307, at the age of (approximately) twenty Ibn Battuta