Ibn Battuta Sets Out from Tangier on His Travels

Ibn Battuta left Tangier on 14 June 1325, at about the age of twenty-one. He set out alone to perform the Hajj and visit Medina. His journey lasted nearly thirty years and covered North Africa, the Middle East, East Africa, India, China and Central Asia. Later he dictated an account of his travels, known as the Rihla.