Ibn+Battuta_Islamic+World+Traveler

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A 13th-century book illustration produced in Baghdad by [|al-Wasiti] showing a group of pilgrims on a //[|Hajj]//

===Ibn Battuta was a [|Moroccan] and [|Berber] explorer known for his extensive travels, accounts of which were published in the //[|Rihla]//===

(lit. "Journey"). Over a period of thirty years, Ibn Battuta visited most of the known [|Islamic world] as well as many non-Muslim lands.
===His journeys included trips to [|North Africa], the [|Horn of Africa], [|West Africa] and [|Eastern Europe] in the West, and to the [|Middle East], [|South Asia], [|Central Asia], [|Southeast Asia] and [|China] in the East, a distance surpassing threefold his near-contemporary [|Marco Polo]. Ibn Battuta is considered one of the greatest [|travellers] of all time.===

The //Rihla// travel practice originated in [|Middle Ages] [|Morocco] . //Rihla// consists of three types:
Events on these journeys would be the basis of the extant travel literature.
 * 1) =====//Rihla// - journey within Morocco, typically to meet with other [|pilgrims] before traveling beyond the local area.=====
 * 2) =====//Rihla hijaziyya// - journey to the //[|Hejaz]// which would be transmitted via an oral or written report.=====
 * 3) =====//Rihla sifariyya// - journey to foreign lands including to embassies and missions in territories in [|//Dar al-Harb//].=====

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The best known //Rihla// manuscript is ([|Arabic]: تحفة النظار في غرائب الأمصار وعجائب الأسفار ‎ //Tuḥfat an-Nuẓẓār fī Gharāʾib al-Amṣār wa ʿAjāʾib al-Asfār//, "A Gift to Those Who Contemplate the Wonders of Cities and the Marvels of Travelling"), or simply referred to as (رحلة ابن بطوطة //Riḥlat Ibn Baṭūṭah// , "Journey of Ibn Battuta"). The Journey of Ibn Battuta is a [|medieval] book which recounts the journey of the 14th-century [|Moroccan] scholar and traveler [|Ibn Battuta]. The book was written by [|Ibn Juzayy] on orders from the [|Marinid] Sultan [|Abu Inan] who was impressed by the story and journey of Ibn Battuta. Although Ibn Battuta was an accomplished and well-documented explorer his travels had been unknown outside the Islamic world for many years.=====