Ibn Battuta (l. 1304-1368/69) was a Moroccan explorer from Tangier whose expeditions took him further than any other traveler of his time and resulted in his famous work, The Rihla of Ibn Battuta. Scholar Douglas Bullis notes that “rihla” is not the book's title, but genre, rihla being Arabic for journey and a rihla, travel literature.
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1304 - c. 1369Life of Ibn Battuta.
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1325 - c. 1352Travels of Ibn Battuta.
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c. 1352The Muslim traveller Ibn Battuta visits the Mali Empire, including Timbuktu.
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c. 1352 - c. 1355The Rihla of Ibn Battuta written down by Ibn Juzay.