Today, Feb. 24 marks the birthday anniversary of the renowned Moroccan traveler Ibn Battuta. Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta was a Berber Muslim scholar and traveler. He was well known for his ...

The expansive McGettigan’s Ibn Battuta Gate, which covers over 11,000 square feet on the hotel's ground floor, aims to put Irish hospitality firmly on the map in the Jebel Ali and surrounding ...

According to today's world map, Ibn Battuta visited close to 40 countries. His record remained unbroken until the advent of modern means of transportation. Ibn Battuta's travelogue, the Rihla, has ...

Ibn Battuta Mall, the world’s largest themed mall, has cemented its reputation as a destination for leisure and entertainment after a red-carpet screening of the Hollywood blockbuster Sahara ...

Ibn Battuta and Nawara sterilise the city’s water, spread jasmines and invitations to the people of the city to join them in the festival. The festival takes place with merchants and musicians ...

Then he entered the Gulf but didn’t refer to it as the Gulf; he called it the Sea of Siraf. That’s mentioned in some old manuscripts." Many of these experiences are recorded in The Travels of Ibn ...

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Ibn Battuta was a lawyer from Morocco in North Africa. In 1325, he set off on his first hajj (pilgrimage) to Mecca. It took him over a year to get there. He travelled to modern day Iraq, Iran ...

Moroccan explorer Ibn Battuta in Egypt. Illustration by Leon Benett from a book by Jules Verne in 1878. Alamy Sharjah was guest of honour at the 30th Rabat International Book Fair.