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Dromo's Den
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[Up] [Dromo's Den] Ibn Batuta Biography IBN BATUTA, ABU ABDALLAH MOHAMMED (1304-77). The greatest Mohammedan traveler of all time. He was born at Tangier, Morocco, and spent 25 years (1325-50) in traversing western and Central Asia, large portions of Africa, Russia, India, China, and Spain. For three and one-half years he acted as cadi at Delhi and in the Maldive Islands. After his travels he settled in Morocco. His narrative of his journeys, replete with graphic and picturesque description, has been published in the French translation by Defrémery and Sanguinetti (Paris, 2d ed., 1874-77). There is an English translation from an epitomized version by S. Lee (1829). The New International Encyclopaedia, Vol. XI (New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1920) 715.
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