IBN BATTUTA(Abū ʿAbd al-Lāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Lāh l-Lawātī ṭ-Ṭanǧī ibn Baṭūṭah)

1304 - 1369

75.000 miles through 44 countries

29 years of travelBy : Bagus Jatmiko

PRESENTATION

• EARLY LIFE OF IBN BATTUTA

• THE PILGRIMAGE AND JOURNEYS

• CONTRIBUTIONS

EARLY LIFE OF IBN BATTUTA

• Was Born in Tangiers, Morocco 25 Feb 1304

• Wealthy Family Legal Scholar and descendent of Berber Tribe

• Set off for Pilgrimage to Mecca for Hajj

21 years old

The Pilgrimage and Journeys

3 PHASES OF THE JOURNEYS• 1325 – 1332 North Africa, Arabian

Peninsula, Iraq, Persia, Swahili Coast, Somalia

• 1332 - 1346 Black Sea Area, Central Asia,

India, South East Asia, Indonesia, China

• 1349 - 1354 North Africa, Spain (Andalus),

West Africa

The Journeys• Encounter many Dangers Lack of food and water, Disease, Desert

Robber, Heat exposure

• Encounter with most important peoples of that time

Sultan of Yemen, Somalia, Persia, Oman, Kulwa (Tanzania)

• Travel 75.000 miles, 3 x distance of Marcopolo

Finished in 29 years across 44 countries

Battuta’s Journeys to Marco polo's

CONTRIBUTION• A well known Scholar

• Contributed on Geography science

• Wrote a book, “A Gift to Those Who Contemplate the Wonders of Cities and the Marvels of Travelling” or “Rihla” (The Journey)

• After journeys, become a Qadis (Islamic Judge) in Morocco

CONCLUSION

• EYE OPENER OF THE VAST INFLUENCE OF ISLAM

• LINKED ISLAM WITH OTHER CULTURES

• CONTRIBUTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF GEOGRAPHY

I have indeed - praise be to God - attained my desire in this world, which was to travel through the Earth, and I have attained this

honour, which no ordinary person has attained.

- Ibn Battuta -