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Q: The noted traveller and writer Mohammad Ibn Battuta who travelled to many countries including India in the 14th century, belonged to which of the following countries?
  • A. Libya
  • B. Algeria
  • C. Ghana
  • D. Morocco
Correct Answer: Option D - Muhammad Ibn Battuta (1304-1369) was a Moroccan traveller who left his home at a young age of 21 in the 13th century to travel across the world. He was born in Tangiers, Morocco in 1304 CE in the medieval era in Islamic family. Before he set off for India in 1332-33 AD, he had made pilgrimage trips to Mecca, and had already travelled extensively in Syria, Iraq, Persia, Yemen, Oman and a few trading ports on the coast of East. Point to be noted is that, Ibn Battuta's book of travels called Rihla, written in Arabic, provides extremely rich and interesting details about the social and cultural life in the subcontinent in the fourteenth century. He travelled India during the regim of Mohammad Bin Tughlaq.
D. Muhammad Ibn Battuta (1304-1369) was a Moroccan traveller who left his home at a young age of 21 in the 13th century to travel across the world. He was born in Tangiers, Morocco in 1304 CE in the medieval era in Islamic family. Before he set off for India in 1332-33 AD, he had made pilgrimage trips to Mecca, and had already travelled extensively in Syria, Iraq, Persia, Yemen, Oman and a few trading ports on the coast of East. Point to be noted is that, Ibn Battuta's book of travels called Rihla, written in Arabic, provides extremely rich and interesting details about the social and cultural life in the subcontinent in the fourteenth century. He travelled India during the regim of Mohammad Bin Tughlaq.

Explanations:

Muhammad Ibn Battuta (1304-1369) was a Moroccan traveller who left his home at a young age of 21 in the 13th century to travel across the world. He was born in Tangiers, Morocco in 1304 CE in the medieval era in Islamic family. Before he set off for India in 1332-33 AD, he had made pilgrimage trips to Mecca, and had already travelled extensively in Syria, Iraq, Persia, Yemen, Oman and a few trading ports on the coast of East. Point to be noted is that, Ibn Battuta's book of travels called Rihla, written in Arabic, provides extremely rich and interesting details about the social and cultural life in the subcontinent in the fourteenth century. He travelled India during the regim of Mohammad Bin Tughlaq.