Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta, was an Arabian born in Morocco, he is best known as a traveler and explorer, whose account documents his travels and excursions over a period of almost thirty year. At the age of twenty Ibn Battuta went on hajj.Then he 2nd trip was to Cairo he took a second side trip, to Damascus having encountered a holy man during his first trip who prophesied that Ibn Battuta would only reach Mecca after a journey through Syria.
After this trip, Ibn Battuta returned to Mecca for a 2nd hajj, and lived there for a year before embarking on a 2nd great trek, this time down the Red Sea and the Eastern African coast.
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