Ibn Battuta returns to Fez

ابن بطوطة يعود إلى فاس

November 1349 CE · 750 AH

Fez

In November 1349 Ibn Battuta reached Fez, capital of the Marinid sultan Abu Inan, after sailing from Alexandria to Tunisia, Sardinia and Algiers.

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The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
Maghreb
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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

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Fez

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Had participant
Ibn Battuta, Muhammad ibn Abd Allah
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Fez

People and things also explored

al-Qarawiyyin mosque· Ibn Battuta completes his first pilgrimage· Ibn Battuta dictates his travels· Ibn Battuta named envoy to China· Ibn Battuta travels to Mali· Ibn Battuta sets out for the pilgrimage· The Malian giraffe embassy to Fez (762 AH)· The Marinid division between Fez and Marrakesh (776 AH)

Sources

  • Ibn Battuta — Encyclopaedia Britannica
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al-Qarawiyyin mosque

Draft card for the Qarawiyyin mosque of Fez, the great congregational mosque and seat of learning built by the Kairouan emigres in Fez, named from an open reference description (Wikidata); its Mujam al-Buldan entry is not yet read on the page.