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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 45. Chapters: 14th-century African people, 14th-century monarchs in Africa, 14th century in Egypt, 14th century in Ethiopia, Ajuuraan Empire, Ibn Battuta, Mogadishu, Musa I of Mali, Amda Seyon I of Ethiopia, Ajuuraan State, Maritime history of Somalia, Abu Bakr II, Architecture of Somalia, Lamu, Abu Al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman, Barawa, Abu Yaqub Yusuf an-Nasr, Dawit I of Ethiopia, Merca, Gobroon Dynasty, Newaya Krestos, Haqq ad-Din II, Abu Sa'id Uthman II, Alexandrian Crusade, Kato Kintu, Chwa I of Buganda, Ali ibn Sabr ad-Din, Wedem Arad, Jamal ad-Din I, Abu al-Rabi Sulayman, Abu Thabit Amir, Abu Inan Faris, Newaya Maryam, Sheik Abdurrahman Aamir'Dhuubow', Istunka, Sabr ad-Din I, Ibrahim Adeer, Sheik Yarrow Maatay, Lukeni lua Nimi, Sheik Yarrow Maaytey, Sandaki, Ahmad ibn Ali, Gondershe, Suleyman, Mari Djata II of Mali, Mogadishu currency, Hannassa, Maghan II, Mohammed ibn Gao, Kassa, Othman I, Othman II, Musa II of Mali, Ras Bar Balla, Maghan III, Omar I of Kanem, Yaji I. Excerpt: Hajji Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta (Arabic: ), or simply Ibn Battuta, also known as Shams ad-Din (February 25, 1304-1368 or 1369), was a Moroccan Berber Islamic scholar and traveller known for the record of his travels and excursions published in the Rihla (literally, "The Journey"). His journeys spanned nearly thirty years and covered almost the entire known Islamic world and beyond, extending from North Africa, West Africa, Southern Europe and Eastern Europe in the West, to the Middle East, Indian subcontinent, Central Asia, Southeast Asia and China in the East, a distance far surpassing that of his predecessors and his near-contemporary Marco Polo. On account of the Rihla, Ibn Battuta is considered one of the greatest travellers of all time. He travelled more than 75,000 miles (121,000 km), a figure unlikely to have been surpassed by any travelle...
