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Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Battutah (Arabic: أَبُو عَبْد الله مُحَمَّد اِبْن عَبْد الله اللَّوَاتِيّ الطَّنْجِيّ اِبْن بَطُّوطَة, romanized: ʾAbū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Lawātiyy aṭ-Ṭanjiyy ibn Baṭṭūṭah, ; 24 February 1304 – 1368/1369), commonly known as Ibn Battuta, was a Berber Maghrebi scholar and explorer who travelled extensively in the lands of Afro-Eurasia, largely in the Muslim world. He travelled more than any other explorer in pre-modern history, totalling around 117,000 km (73,000 mi), surpassing Zheng He with about 50,000 km (31,000 mi) and Marco Polo with 24,000 km (15,000 mi). Over a period of thirty years, Ibn Battuta visited most of southern Eurasia, including Central Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, China, and the Iberian Peninsula. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ibn Battuta has received more than 4,286,689 page views. His biography is available in 127 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 125 in 2019). Ibn Battuta is the 8th most popular explorer (up from 10th in 2019), the most popular biography from Morocco and the most popular Moroccan Explorer.
Ibn Battuta was a Moroccan traveler and scholar who traveled through North Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Africa. He is most famous for his account of his travels in his book Rihla.
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Among explorers, Ibn Battuta ranks 8 out of 405. Before him are Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan, Vasco da Gama, Amerigo Vespucci, Bartolomeu Dias, and Roald Amundsen. After him are James Cook, Hernán Cortés, Zheng He, Francis Drake, Francisco Pizarro, and Abel Tasman.
1451 - 1506
HPI: 93.18
Rank: 2
1480 - 1521
HPI: 91.69
Rank: 3
1460 - 1524
HPI: 90.25
Rank: 4
1454 - 1512
HPI: 84.72
Rank: 5
1450 - 1500
HPI: 83.59
Rank: 6
1872 - 1928
HPI: 82.81
Rank: 7
1304 - 1368
HPI: 82.35
Rank: 8
1728 - 1779
HPI: 82.31
Rank: 9
1485 - 1547
HPI: 81.70
Rank: 10
1387 - 1433
HPI: 80.31
Rank: 11
1540 - 1596
HPI: 79.36
Rank: 12
1478 - 1541
HPI: 79.19
Rank: 13
1603 - 1659
HPI: 77.10
Rank: 14
Among people born in 1304, Ibn Battuta ranks 2. Before him is Petrarch. After him are Louis I, Count of Flanders, Jayaatu Khan Tugh Temür, and Ibn al-Shatir. Among people deceased in 1368, Ibn Battuta ranks 1. After him are Orcagna, Guy de Chauliac, Blanche of Lancaster, Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, Emperor Go-Murakami, Ilyas Khoja, and Marco Cornaro.
1304 - 1374
HPI: 83.55
Rank: 1
1304 - 1368
HPI: 82.35
Rank: 2
1304 - 1346
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 3
1304 - 1332
HPI: 58.68
Rank: 4
1304 - 1375
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 5
1304 - 1368
HPI: 82.35
Rank: 1
1315 - 1368
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 2
1300 - 1368
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 3
1345 - 1368
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 4
1338 - 1368
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 5
1328 - 1368
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 6
1350 - 1368
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 7
1285 - 1368
HPI: 50.96
Rank: 8
Among people born in Morocco, Ibn Battuta ranks 1 out of 198. After him are Jean Reno (1948), Abdelaziz Bouteflika (1937), Hassan II of Morocco (1929), Abd el-Krim (1882), Just Fontaine (1933), Ismail Ibn Sharif (1646), Mohammed V of Morocco (1909), Nathalie Delon (1941), Alain Badiou (1937), Mohammed VI of Morocco (1963), and Ahmad al-Mansur (1549).
1304 - 1368
HPI: 82.35
Rank: 1
1948 - Present
HPI: 74.87
Rank: 2
1937 - 2021
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 3
1929 - 1999
HPI: 70.72
Rank: 4
1882 - 1963
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 5
1933 - 2023
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 6
1646 - 1727
HPI: 66.78
Rank: 7
1909 - 1961
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 8
1941 - 2021
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 9
1937 - Present
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 10
1963 - Present
HPI: 63.60
Rank: 11
1549 - 1603
HPI: 62.58
Rank: 12
Among explorers born in Morocco, Ibn Battuta ranks 1.