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Ibn Battuta

14th century Muslim Maghrebi scholar and explorer

9 dated entries naming Ibn Battuta, drawn from 9 separate years between 1304 CE and 1377 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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14th century

  • 1304February 24 – Ibn Battuta, Moroccan scholar and explorer (d. 1369)source
  • 1326Early Spring – Ibn Battuta, Moroccan scholar and explorer, arrives after a journey of over 3,500 km (2,200 miles) at the port of Alexandria, at this time part of the Bahri Mamluk Empire. On July 16 he departs from Cairo on a trip through Palestine on the way to Damascus, where he arrives on August 9.source
  • 1341The sultan of Delhi Muhammad bin Tughluq chooses Ibn Battuta to lead a diplomatic mission to Yuan Dynasty China.source
  • 1349November 8 – Ibn Battuta arrives in Fez, Morocco.source
  • 1352Moroccan traveller Ibn Battuta reports the existence of the ngoni and balafon musical instruments, at the court of Mansa Musa.source
  • 1353The Moroccan traveler Ibn Battuta makes the first recorded visit to Timbuktu and Kabara, when returning from a stay in the capital of the Mali Empire.source
  • 1354Early in the year – Ibn Battuta returns from his travels at the command of Abu Inan Faris, sultan of Morocco, who appoints a scribe to write an account of the adventures.source
  • 1368probable – Ibn Battuta, Arabian travelersource
  • 1377Ibn Battuta, Moroccan explorer (b. 1304)source

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