Friday, August 17, 2007

Timeline of the Life of Ibn Battuta*

1304 Born in Tangier, Morocco.Left home and went across North Africa.

1325 Arrived in Cairo, Egypt.

1326 Traveled through Syria and Palestine.

1326 Went on a hajj to Medina and Mecca.

1326–1328 Sailed down the coast of East Africa, sailed to the Persia Gulf, and returned across land to Mecca.

1328–1331 Went to Asia Minor (Turkey), traveled through Persia and Iraq, and crossed Central Asia.

1332–1333 Reached Delhi, India, and served as a judge.

1333–1341 Trip to China via Maldive Islands, Ceylon, and Malaysia. Traveled in China.

1346 Returned home via India and the Middle East.

1346–1349 Went to Granada (Spain) and returned home to Morocco.

1349–1351 Traveled through West Africa.

1352–1353 Returned home to Morocco.

1354 Died in Morocco.

About Ibn Battuta

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His diary

His profile

Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta

He was born February 24, 1304;
year of death uncertain, possibly 1368 or 1377

He was a Berber Sunni Islamic scholar
and jurisprudent from the Maliki Madhhab,
and at times a Qadi or judge.

He is best known as a traveller and explorer,
whose account documents his travels and excursions over a period of almost thirty years,
covering some 73,000 miles (117,000 km).

These journeys covered almost the entirety of the known Islamic world,
extending from present-day West Africa to Pakistan, India, the Maldives, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia and China,
a distance readily surpassing that of his predecessor,
near-contemporary Marco Polo.

A crater is named after him on the Moon.
A themed shopping mall in Dubai also bears his name,
with some of his earlier research and inventions in displays scattered throughout its corridors.

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Done By:
Daphnie Leong (21) Group Leader
Cheryl Ng (11) Editor/ IT specialist
Merlene Paik (23) IT specialist
Charmaine Daryanami (9) Researcher