Ibn Battouta a Moroccan scholar and traveler visited 38 countries around the world.

Ibn Battuta a Tangier resident in the port city of Morocco was well known for his travelling, he traveled to 38 countries with his scholarly and hospitality activities.

The Moroccan scholar and traveler commenced his travelling in 1325 and his first visit was to the holy land of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. He reflected at the tomb of the prophet Mohammed and report the various stages made up the renovation of the mosque. He went to all the holy sites prophet visited prior to his visit to Mecca.

According to sources, Ibn Battouta travels to China and he admires the Chinese skills in areas such as porcelain making, silk weaving, portrait drawings et al. He traveled the length and breadth of China, especially Islamic cities prior to his nostalgia for his homeland.

Abdallah Mohammed Ibn Abdallah Ibn Mohammed Ibnou Ibrahim know as Ibn Battouta was born February 24th 1304, in Tangier. He studied Koranic law which motivated him to travel the world in search of new knowledge.

At the age of 21, he left Tangier for his first pilgrimage to Mecca and intended to expand his Islamic teaching and to empower himself as an Islamic authority scholar (‘Alim)

During his exploration of the world, he discovered several artifacts, knowledge and the beauty of the countries he visited and narrated in his travelogue.

Ibn Battouta took 29 years to travel 38 countries in the world. He stopped travelling in 1354. He traveled over 100, 000 kilometers.

He returned home and served as a judge (Cadi) prior to his death at the age of 73 years old. His Mausoleum in the old city served as a memory of a personality born in Tangier and remains one of the greatest explorers the world has known.

His museum in Tangier is one of the popular tourist site and hundreds of foreigners visits the place every day. It also generates income for the city in terms of revenue generation. Workers are employed to take tourist around the palace in the old city of Meidina.