Ibn Battuta

Abū Abd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Abd Allāh Al-Lawātī (; 24 February 13041368/1369),; fully: ; Arabic: }} commonly known as Ibn Battuta, was a Maghrebi traveller, explorer and scholar.}} Over a period of thirty years from 1325 to 1354, Ibn Battuta visited most of North Africa, the Middle East, East Africa, Central Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, China, the Iberian Peninsula, and West Africa. Near the end of his life, he dictated an account of his journeys, titled ''A Gift to Those Who Contemplate the Wonders of Cities and the Marvels of Travelling'', but commonly known as ''The Rihla''.

Ibn Battuta travelled more than any other explorer in pre-modern history, totalling around , surpassing Zheng He with about and Marco Polo with . There have been doubts over the historicity of some of Ibn Battuta's travels, particularly as they reach farther East. Provided by Wikipedia