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Ibn Batuta(Muhammad ibn-Abdullah ibn-Battutah)

Born: 1304? AD
Died: 1378? AD.

Nationality: Unknown
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Moroccan Muslim traveler

 

most widely-traveled person of medieval times






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Page last updated: 1:30pm, 25th Jul '06

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