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Journey to Mecca

"In the Footsteps of Ibn Battuta"

The 20 year old Muslim religious law student Ibn Battuta (1304–1368), whose full name was Abu Abdullah Muhammed Ibn Abdullah Al Lawati Al Tanji Ibn Battuta, set out from Tangier, a city in northern Morocco, in 1325, on a pilgrimage to Mecca, some 3,000 miles (over 4,800 km) to the East. The journey took him 18 months to complete and along the way he met with misfortune and adversity, including attack by bandits, rescue by Bedouins, fierce sand storms and dehydration.

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  • Ben Kingsley

    Ben Kingsley

    Narrator

  • Chems-Eddine Zinoune

    Chems-Eddine Zinoune

    Ibn Battutah

  • Hassam Ghancy

    Hassam Ghancy

    Highwayman

  • Nabil Elouahabi

    Nabil Elouahabi

    Hamza

  • Nadim Sawalha

    Nadim Sawalha

    Ibn Mustapha

Overview

The 20 year old Muslim religious law student Ibn Battuta (1304–1368), whose full name was Abu Abdullah Muhammed Ibn Abdullah Al Lawati Al Tanji Ibn Battuta, set out from Tangier, a city in northern Morocco, in 1325, on a pilgrimage to Mecca, some 3,000 miles (over 4,800 km) to the East. The journey took him 18 months to complete and along the way he met with misfortune and adversity, including attack by bandits, rescue by Bedouins, fierce sand storms and dehydration.

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