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Ibn Battuta, a 14th-century judge and ambassador, travelled further than Marco Polo. The Rihla records his adventures

  • Written by Ismail Albayrak, Professor of Islam and Catholic Muslim Relations, Australian Catholic University

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Ibn Battuta, was born in Tangier, Morocco, on February 24, 1304. From a statement in his celebrated travel book the Rihla (“legal affairs are my ancestral profession,”) he evidently came from an intellectually distinguished family.

According to the Rihla (travelogue),...

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