Ibn-e-Batoota
(14 Rajab 703 AH / 24 February 1304 AH - 779 AH / 1377 AH) Abu Abdullah Sharfuddin Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Ibrahim, the great Muslim tourist and geographer of Africa, Asia and most of Europe I was born . At the age of twenty-two, in June 1325, and set out on a pilgrimage. Due to his asceticism and piety, the people of the caravan appointed him as their judge. The caravan traveled from Alexandria and Cairo to Jeddah. In Alexandria, Ibn Battuta met Burhanuddin, who instilled in him a passion for tourism to China and India. He had to come to Mecca through the upper parts of Syria as he could not make any arrangements to cross the river.
After completing the Hajj, Ibn Battuta should stand on this great journey of the known world, The record of which is still a source of inspiration for scholars of history and literature. Ibn e batuta's next journey was iraq and persia. He returned to Mecca via Mosul and Diyarbakir and stayed here for two years after today. In 1330, he traveled from southern Arabia, Yemen, and Aden to South Africa, to the Abbasi, and to East Africa. On the way back to Oman and Harhiz and from there to Mecca for Hajj for the third time. Ibn Battuta's fourth voyage was to Czechoslovakia (Turkey) via Syria. He was always honored in all these places. He usually stayed as a royal guest. He met Sultan Muhammad in Czechoslovakia and arrived in Constantinople in front of his wife. There he met Qaiser III, then crossed the Dolga River to go to India, passing through Khwarizm, Bukhar and /kharasan. In Delhi, Mohammad Tughlaq visited him and appointed him a judge of the national sect.
For the next two years, Ibn Battuta traveled to different parts of India and carefully studied its customs and traditions. In 1342, he was sent to China with an embassy. The Sultan of Maldives islands also offered him the post of Qazi once again. After staying here for a year, he reached them where he also climbed the famous peak. In 1945, Ibn Battuta also traveled from Lanka via Bengal, Sylhet and Cambodia to Pak and Commission. On his return to Malabar, Smatter, Zafar ,Oman, southern Persia and Baghdad, He reached fourth time To perform Hajj in Mecca in 748AH 1347AH . In Baghdad, he learned that his father had died at the age of fifteen, but that his mother was still alive. So he went home through syria and Egypt and after 24 years he reached Tabha in 25th Shabban 750AH 8 Nov 1349. In 754AH¬1352, Ibn Battuta set out on his last and longest journey. From Tunisia, Algeria, Timbuktu traveled to Mali, Gadeeza and Gogo's greenery and wars, he returned to Morocco in 756AH¬1354. His 28 year stormy journey came to an end. It covered a total distance of 25,000 miles.
Abu Ghanan, the ruler of faas (Morocco), ordered him to write his own biography, so he had Ibn Jazi (Muhammad bin Muhammad bin Jazi) write down the details of his journey. It is found today in the name of "Safarnama Ibn-e- Batuta". An English translation of it (summary) was published in 1829 by Dr. Samuel Lee. The first volume of the text was published by professor Gib in 1958 from Cambridge. In 1898, M. Hussain published a translation of Volume II from Lahore. The initiative was translated by Mohammd hayat ul hassan in 1897 and the second edition was published in 1961. In this, Ibn Battuta spent the rest of his life as a judge. His deputy Ibn Jazi had already died in 1356. Ibn Battut died in Morocco.
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