Travel Routes Of Ibn Battuta
He crisscrossed that land of the turks in many directions at a time when anatolia was divided into numerous petty sultanates.
Travel routes of ibn battuta. He crossed the sutlej river near the city of pakpattan in modern day pakistan where he paid obeisance at the shrine of baba farid before crossing southwest into rajput country. Ibn battutas journey 1349 1354 north africa spain and west africa. He may have entered via the khyber pass and peshawar or further south. Eric gaba wikimedia commons user sting ibn battutas journey 1332 1346 black sea area central asia india southeast asia and china.
One was the wife of a sultan who built wells along the pilgrimage route to mecca. Beyond that muslim traders had already ventured out into china indonesia and further and had established small muslim communities in many regions of the world. The second map shows the route of ibn battutas journeys. Ibn battuta praises several holy men and turkish young men who have adopted the celibate life.
His journey was about 75000 miles long which took him 29 years and he managed to visit 44 countries. Ibn battutas travel route ibn battuta was the only medieval traveler to visit the lands of every muslim leader of his time. Ibn battuta mainly traveled to places with muslim governments in the areas inside the black border marking the dar al islam. Mohammed ibn jazzi el kelbi upon whom be the mercy of god from the travels of the theologian abu abd allah mohammed ibn abd allah el lawati of tanjiers known by the surname of ibn batuta and that he did not extract anything except what was strange and unknown or known by report but not believed on account of its rarity and the.
419 and elsewhere on pious women. Location 3 anatolia turkey ibn battutas small. Ibn battutas journey 1325 1332 north africa iraq persia the arabian peninsula somalia swahili coast. Forced by lack of communications to choose a more indirect route ibn battuta turned northward again passed egypt and syria and boarded ship for asia minor in latakia.
Battuta sailed rode camels and horses and walked his way to 44 different modern countries traveling an estimated 75000 miles during a 29 year period. It is uncertain by which route ibn battuta entered the indian subcontinent.