Ibn Battuta travels to Mali

ابن بطوطة يرحل إلى مالي

1352 CE · c. 753 AH

In 1352, at the sultan's command, Ibn Battuta crossed the Sahara to the western Sudan and spent a year in the empire of Mali under Mansa Sulayman.

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The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
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West Africa & Sahel
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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

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Ibn Battuta, Muhammad ibn Abd Allah

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Sources

  • Ibn Battuta — Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Ibn Battuta completes his first pilgrimage

In 1326 Ibn Battuta completed the pilgrimage, having come through Egypt and Syria with a caravan to Mecca; he then crossed the desert to Iraq.