GEOGRAPHER AND TRAVELLER (Ibn batuta)

Aslamalikum, Ibn Battuta was a Muslim traveler, Moroccan scholar and explorer Who traveled extensively in the medieval world. Over a period of 30 years Ibn Battuta traveled mostly to the Islamic world and many non-Muslim lands. Including Central Asia, Southeast Asia, India and China Ibn Battuta was a medieval Muslim traveler. Who wrote the most famous travelogues in the world. Those people in this great workPlaces and cultures were described. The ones they faced across the Islamic world and beyond  Far more than 75,000 miles traveled about 120,000 kilometers Full name: Abu Abdullah, Sharafuddin Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Ibrahim. Born: 24 February 1304 A.D. 14 Rajab 703 AH Born in Tangier, Morocco. Died: 779 AH 1377 AD in Morocco. Ibn Battuta was born in Tangier, Morocco, a great Muslim traveler and geographer who traveled to most parts of Africa, Asia and Europe. 

Ibn Battuta was only 22 years old. In June 1325, he set out on a pilgrimage The people of the caravan appointed him their judge because of his piety. The caravan traveled from Alexandria and Cairo to Jeddah. In Alexandria, Ibn Battuta met Burhan-ud-din.Which instilled in him a passion for tourism to China and India.    
 Unable to cross the Red Sea, he had to come to Mecca from the upper parts of Syria. After completing the Hajj, Ibn Battuta embarked on this great journey of the known world. The event is still a landmark for scholars of history and literature. Ibn Battuta's next journey was to Iraq and Persia. They returned to Mecca from Mosul and Diyarbakir.And stay here for two years after Hajj. In 1330, he traveled from southern Arabia, Yemen, and Odin to South Africa, the Abbasids, and East Africa. On the way back to Oman and Haraz, and from here to Mecca for the third time for Hajj. 

Ibn Battuta's fourth voyage was via Egypt and Syria to Asia Minor (Turkey). He was always honored in all these places. He usually stayed as a royal guest. In Isha Kochak he met Sultan Muhammad, and he arrived in Constantinople with his wife. There he met Caesar Souam. Then to go to India, cross the river Dulga and go through Khwarazm, Bukhara and Khorasan. He arrived on Rabi al-Thani 743 AH (September 1333 AD) via Mount Hindu Kush. In Delhi, Muhammad Tughlaq paid homage to him and appointed him a judge of the Maliki select.  For the next two years, Ibn Battuta traveled to various parts of India, and carefully studied its customs. In 1342, he was sent to China with an embassy, but he could only reach the Malabar coast. The Sultan of the Maldives also re-appointed him as a judge. After staying here for a year, he reached Sri Lanka, Where the famous peak climbed. In 1345, Ibn Battuta also traveled from Lanka via Bengal, Sylhet and Cambodia to Peking and Canton On his way back from Sumatra, Malabar, Zafar, Oman, Southern Persia and Baghdad, he reached Mecca for the fourth time in 1347 AH (748 AH). In Baghdad, he learned that his father had died at the age of fifteen, However, the mother is still alive. So she went home via Syria and Egypt. 

And on 25 Sha'ban 750 AH, on November 8, 1349 AD, after Twenty-Four years, they reached Tangier. According to 754 AH, in 1352 AD, Ibn Battuta set out on his last and long journey. Traveling through the greenery and forests of Timbuktu, Mali, Aldiza and GoGo from Tunisia, Algeria, he returned to Morocco in 1354 AH.  Thus ended his 28-year stormy journey. In which he traveled a total of 75,000 miles Abu Ghanan, the ruler of FAS (Morocco), ordered him to write his own biography, so he had Ibn Juzi (Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Juzi) write down the details of his journey. It is found today in the name of Ibn Battuta. An English translation was published in 1829 by Dr. Samuel Lee. The first volume of the full text was published by Professor Gupta from Kameraj in 1958.  It was first translated into Urdu by Dr. Nawazish Ali with a translation by Samuel Lee. Then in 1898 Muhammad Hussain published a translation of his second volume from Lahore.                                                                           

The first was translated by Muhammad Hayatul Hassan in 1897. The second edition was published in 1961. In FAS, Ibn Battuta spent the rest of his days as a judge. His deputy Ibn Juzi had already died in 1356. Ibn Battuta died in Morocco. The following are the travel books of Ibn Battuta. 1. Travelogue of Ibn Battuta 2. Taffat Noor Fi Haraib Al-Amir 3. Ibn Battuta in Black Africa. 4. In Bangal. 5. Prince of Travelers: The story of Ibn Battuta. 6. The Travels of Ibn Battuta to india, the spice Island, and China. 

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