Ibn Battuta cemented his place in history through Al Rihla. The travelogue of the 14th-century Moroccan explorer charts a lifetime of adventures, a three-decade odyssey that spanned the ancient Islamic world.
His pilgrimage to Makkah, meetings with rulers and royalty from India, China and Russia, not to mention his perspective on trade routes
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