{"slug": "ibn-battuta", "label": "Ibn Battuta", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Battuta", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7331", "qid": "Q7331", "description": "14th century Muslim Maghrebi scholar and explorer", "entries": 10, "years": 10, "span": [1304, 1377], "span_label": ["1304 CE", "1377 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 4}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "alexandria", "label": "Alexandria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bahri-mamluks", "label": "Bahri Mamluks", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "morocco", "label": "Morocco", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "delhi-sultanate", "label": "Delhi Sultanate", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "yuan-dynasty", "label": "Yuan dynasty", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mecca", "label": "Mecca", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tunis", "label": "Tunis", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tangier", "label": "Tangier", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "zheng-he", "label": "Zheng He", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tlemcen", "label": "Tlemcen", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bejaia", "label": "Béjaïa", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mali-empire", "label": "Mali Empire", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1304, "year_label": "1304 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "February 24", "text": "February 24 – Ibn Battuta, Moroccan scholar and explorer (d. 1369)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361428823#Births", "title": "1304", "revid": 1361428823, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1325, "year_label": "1325 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "June 14", "text": "June 14 – (2 Rajab 725 AH) Ibn Battuta, Moroccan scholar and explorer, sets off from his hometown of Tangier on a hajj, or pilgrimage, to Mecca. En route, he travels to Tlemcen, Béjaïa and Tunis, where he stays for two months. For safety, Ibn Battuta joins a caravan to reduce the risk of being robbed. Underway, he takes a bride in Sfax, but soon leaves her due to a dispute with her father. Traveling more than any other explorer before the modern era, he will travel an estimated 73,000 mi over the next 30 years, more than twice as much as Zheng He in the 15th century and three times as far as Marco Polo in the 14th century.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366485647#April_–_June", "title": "1325", "revid": 1366485647, "section": "Events › April – June"}}, {"year": 1326, "year_label": "1326 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Early 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.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367237136#Middle_East", "title": "1326", "revid": 1367237136, "section": "Events › By place › Middle East"}}, {"year": 1341, "year_label": "1341 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The sultan of Delhi Muhammad bin Tughluq chooses Ibn Battuta to lead a diplomatic mission to Yuan Dynasty China.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561422#Date_unknown", "title": "1341", "revid": 1369561422, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1349, "year_label": "1349 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 8", "text": "November 8 – Ibn Battuta arrives in Fez, Morocco.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373507442#January–December", "title": "1349", "revid": 1373507442, "section": "Events › January–December"}}, {"year": 1352, "year_label": "1352 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": null, "text": "Moroccan traveller Ibn Battuta reports the existence of the ngoni and balafon musical instruments, at the court of Mansa Musa.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1294629592#Date_unknown", "title": "1352", "revid": 1294629592, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1353, "year_label": "1353 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "The 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.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1294629981#Date_unknown", "title": "1353", "revid": 1294629981, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1354, "year_label": "1354 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Early 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.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1325866553#January–December", "title": "1354", "revid": 1325866553, "section": "Events › January–December"}}, {"year": 1368, "year_label": "1368 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "probable – Ibn Battuta, Arabian traveler", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371792677#Deaths", "title": "1368", "revid": 1371792677, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1377, "year_label": "1377 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Ibn Battuta, Moroccan explorer (b. 1304)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368383535#Deaths", "title": "1377", "revid": 1368383535, "section": "Deaths"}}]}