Ibn Battuta was born in tangier part of morocco.He was born february 25, 1304 During the time Battuta was alive, the islamic civilization stretched across the world. In his family all the men were all legal scholars-they all studied law. All of battuta’s solitude did not last very long during that time period. During his life he’s traveled a lot across most of the world and during that time he studied and prayed through his travels. During Battuta's time as a scholar ,education was the most important thing to him and his family.
While Battuta was in Alexandria he met a man named Burhan al-Din ,The lame.
Burhan saw something in battuta that he loved to travel and wanted him to meet other sufi’s,a different branch of islam. the other sufi’s were in india and china 2 were in india and the last one was in china. His travels continued narrow escapes and varying fortunes and later he found out that someone who was a non muslim ruler boarded his ship in the city sumatra. When he found that out he continued to china anyways but stopped halfway in the maldives. In the maldives women were one of battuta's greatest interests as he traveled more. He married four women when he was in the maldives on one island. in his travels he wrote “It is easy to marry in these islands because of the smallness of the dowries and the pleasures of society which the women offer…” When the ships put in, the crew marry; when they intend to leave they divorce their wives. This is a kind of temporary marriage. The women of these islands never leave their country-Ibn battuta. Finally leaving maldives he went on to china. but as soon as he got there he was unable to understand anything he saw.
One of Battuta’s quotes were “China was beautiful, but it did not please me. On the contrary, I was greatly troubled thinking about the way paganism dominated this country. Whenever I went out of my lodging, I saw many blameworthy things. That disturbed me so much that I stayed indoors most of the time and only went out when necessary. During my stay in China, whenever I saw any Muslims I always felt as though I were meeting my own family and close kinsmen” ibn battuta.
After all of Battuta’s travels he finally returned home in 1349. When he got back home the first place he went was his mothers grave. She was killed by a disease called the black death plague. After he stayed in tangier for a couple of days he set out on his final adventure. Battuta spent 29 years of his life going across Southeast Asia and finally went home in 1354. He died in 1368 or 1369 and was married one last time and had many more children.
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"Khan Academy." Khan Academy. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Nov. 2014.
Saudi Aramco World : The Longest Hajj: The Journeys of Ibn Battuta, Part 1: From Pilgrim to Traveler—Tangier to Makkah." Saudi Aramco World : The Longest Hajj: The Journeys of Ibn Battuta, Part 1: From Pilgrim to Traveler—Tangier to Makkah. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Nov. 2014.
While Battuta was in Alexandria he met a man named Burhan al-Din ,The lame.
Burhan saw something in battuta that he loved to travel and wanted him to meet other sufi’s,a different branch of islam. the other sufi’s were in india and china 2 were in india and the last one was in china. His travels continued narrow escapes and varying fortunes and later he found out that someone who was a non muslim ruler boarded his ship in the city sumatra. When he found that out he continued to china anyways but stopped halfway in the maldives. In the maldives women were one of battuta's greatest interests as he traveled more. He married four women when he was in the maldives on one island. in his travels he wrote “It is easy to marry in these islands because of the smallness of the dowries and the pleasures of society which the women offer…” When the ships put in, the crew marry; when they intend to leave they divorce their wives. This is a kind of temporary marriage. The women of these islands never leave their country-Ibn battuta. Finally leaving maldives he went on to china. but as soon as he got there he was unable to understand anything he saw.
One of Battuta’s quotes were “China was beautiful, but it did not please me. On the contrary, I was greatly troubled thinking about the way paganism dominated this country. Whenever I went out of my lodging, I saw many blameworthy things. That disturbed me so much that I stayed indoors most of the time and only went out when necessary. During my stay in China, whenever I saw any Muslims I always felt as though I were meeting my own family and close kinsmen” ibn battuta.
After all of Battuta’s travels he finally returned home in 1349. When he got back home the first place he went was his mothers grave. She was killed by a disease called the black death plague. After he stayed in tangier for a couple of days he set out on his final adventure. Battuta spent 29 years of his life going across Southeast Asia and finally went home in 1354. He died in 1368 or 1369 and was married one last time and had many more children.
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"Khan Academy." Khan Academy. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Nov. 2014.
Saudi Aramco World : The Longest Hajj: The Journeys of Ibn Battuta, Part 1: From Pilgrim to Traveler—Tangier to Makkah." Saudi Aramco World : The Longest Hajj: The Journeys of Ibn Battuta, Part 1: From Pilgrim to Traveler—Tangier to Makkah. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Nov. 2014.