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Walk this pathway
5steps · 30min · newcomer · student
The start
طنجة 1325: شاب في الحادية والعشرين.
Ibn Battuta, Muhammad ibn Abd Allah · From Tlemcen to Cairo on Ibn Battuta's road from the Maghreb
The hajj
أول حج: مكة ثم العراق.
Mecca to Iraq by way of Medina with the Iraqi caravan · Mecca
The east
عدن إلى زيلع: البحر الأحمر.
From Aden to Zeila by sea on Ibn Battuta's journey · From Sanaa to Aden on Ibn Battuta's journey
Persia
البصرة إلى فارس وتبريز إلى الموصل.
From Basra to Persia and back to Baghdad by Ibn Battuta's road · From Tabriz to Mosul and Diyar Bakr, then back to Baghdad
The return
قرطبة إلى القاهرة: 28 سنة بعد.
From Granada to Cairo on Ibn Jubayr's pilgrimage road · Ibn Battuta, Muhammad ibn Abd Allah
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Do first:: Islam in Thirty Minutes
Overview
A path through the greatest traveller in history: from Tangier to Cairo, to India and to China. Thirty years and 120,000 km.
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islam.museum contributors. “Travels of Ibn Battuta”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/exhibits/path-battuta/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.