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Early Life

3. Early Life. Abu Abdallah Muhamad Ibn Battuta was born in Tangier, Morocco. He was a Berber, educated in Islam Literature and Law. Made pilgrimage to Mecca at age 21. S. 2. Travels. Traveled for 29 years. Traveled 75,000 miles Crossed 2 continents Tripled Marco Polo’s travels.

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Early Life

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  1. 3 Early Life Abu AbdallahMuhamadIbnBattuta was born in Tangier, Morocco. He was a Berber, educated in Islam Literature and Law. Made pilgrimage to Mecca at age 21. S BPO

  2. 2 Travels • Traveled for 29 years. • Traveled 75,000 miles • Crossed 2 continents • Tripled Marco Polo’s travels. • Crossed 44 of today’s countries. S 8 BPO

  3. Pilgrimage 2 Q 9 “Barely had he finished his studies when he set out across North Africa for Mecca, 3,000 miles away. Attaching himself to various caravans, he took 10 months, crossing Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya, to reach Alexandria in Egypt. BPO

  4. Pilgrimage 2 • Stayed with famous mystic Sheikh Abu Abdallah al Murshidi for a night. • Dreamt of a bird flying him to Mecca, dropping him in the east. • The mystic knew about the dream when Battuta woke up and celebrated it. S 10 BPO

  5. Arriving in Mecca 2 • Arrived in Upper Egypt, only needed to cross the Red Sea in order to arrive in Mecca. • All ships were destroyed in a revolt, so he couldn’t cross. • Decided to take pilgrimage caravan from Damascus. • Traveled through Gaza, they had lots of security. • Kids threw rocks at his car. • Caravans marched 55 days across the Arabian Desert to Mecca. S 14-15 BPO

  6. Arriving in Mecca 2 “We presented ourselves forthwith at the Sanctuary of God Most High… and saw before our eyes the Kabaah…surrounded by companies that had come to pay homeage…. We made around it the seven circuits… kissed the Holy Shrine… drank water from the (sacred) walls of Zamzum… then took up lodging in a house near the Gate of Ibrahim. Q 19 BPO

  7. Mecca to Baghdad 2 • Signed with caravan of hajjs to return to Baghdad. • Left caravan to vist An Najaf in Iraq. • Traveled south along the Euphrates River to Basra. • Crossed the Shati al Arab and West Persia to arrive in Baghdad. S 20 BPO

  8. 2nd Pilgrimage 2 P 22 After returning to Baghdad, Ibn Battuta decided to go back to Mecca for a second pilgrimage. He stayed in Mecca for two years of study. BPO

  9. 3rd Pilgrimage/Sea Voyage 2 S 22 • Left Mecca, traveled to Yemen and down the East African coast to Kilwa (Tanzania). • Traveled through Oman, Persian Gulf and Bahrain to return to Mecca for his third pilgrimage. BPO

  10. Hospitality of Anatolia 2 “Wherever we stopped in this land (Anatolia), at hospices or private homes, our neighbors, both men and women (who do not veil) came to ask after our needs”. Q 22 BPO

  11. First Pilgrimage 4 Ibn Battuta himself was in bad financial straits toward the end of his stay in Damascus and might not have been able to set out that year had it not been for the generosity of the Maliki jurist with whom he stayed while he was sick. This gentleman… ‘hired camels for me and gave me traveling provisions, etc., and money in addition, saying to me, ‘It will come in useful for anything of importance that you may be in need of’- may God reward him’”. Q 65 BPO

  12. The hajj 4 • 820 miles • The caravan took 45 to 50 days. • Caravans went south along the Syrian desert, going close to Cairo. Then they went southeast to come close to the Hijaz mtns. The caravans rested for a few days in Tabuk, north of Arabia. S 67 BPO

  13. Opinion of Meccans 4 The Meccans are elegant and clean in their dress, and as they mostly wear white their garments always appear spotleess and snowy. They use perfume freely, paint their eyes with kuhl, and are constantly picking their teeth with slips of green arak-wood. The Meccan women are of rare and surpassing beauty, pious and chaste. Q 74 BPO

  14. Wives 4 • Married the daughter of a Tuinisian official while his caravan was crossing Libya in 1325. • Ibn Battuta has a fight with his father in law after the girl was presented to him, and the marriage ended in failure. • He later married the daughter of a pilgrim from Fez. • He had a feast for his marraige with his new wife and his caravan. • His wives are rarely mentioned in the story of his journeys. S 39 BPO

  15. Alexandria 4 • Ibn Battuta was very impressed by Alexandria and its two ports, its lighthouse, and its many goods. • He stayed for weeks touring the city and its sights, while making friends with the local intellectuals. • Met Burham al-Din the Lame, a Sufi ascetist, who suggested that he visit his fellow Sufis in India and China. • Spent three weeks “wandering through the rich commercial and textile-producing towns of the delta”. S 41-43 BPO

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