List of places visited by Ibn Battuta

List of places visited by Ibn Battuta
This is a List of places visited by Ibn Battuta in the years 1325–1353.
The Moroccan traveller Ibn Battuta set out from his native town of Tangiers on a pilgrimage to Mecca in June 1325, when he was 21 years old. On completing his first hajj he continued travelling, only returning to Morocco twenty four years later in 1349. In 1350, Battuta visited Al-Andalus and then between 1352-1353 he crossed the Sahara Desert to visit the Kingdom of Mali in West Africa. On his return to Fes he dictated an account of his travels to Ibn Juzayy, a scribe employed by Abu Inan Faris, the Marinid ruler of Morocco.
Ibn Juzayy's Arabic text was translated into English by Hamilton Gibb and Charles Beckingham and published by the Hakluyt Society in four volumes between 1958 and 1994.
Places visited by Ibn Battuta
Over his lifetime, Ibn Battuta travelled over and visited around 40 present-day countries.
In the following list the Romanization used by Gibb and Beckingham is given in parentheses. The states are modern. Within each section the towns are listed in the order that they are first mentioned in Ibn Battuta's rihla. Historians such as Hamilton Gibb and Ross Dunn have argued that some parts of Ibn Battuta's rihla are fictional and it is extremely unlikely that he visited all the places that he claimed. The cities for which Ibn Battuta's visit is believed to be fictional are flagged as "doubtful" in the list below.
Maghreb
Tangier, Morocco
Tlemcen (Tilimsān), Algeria
Miliana (Milyāna), Algeria
Algiers (al-Jazā'ir), Algeria
Béjaïa (Bijāya), Algeria
Constantine (Qusanṭīna), Algeria
Annaba (Būna), Algeria
Tunis, Tunisia
Sousse (Sūsa), Tunisia
Sfax (Ṣafāqus), Tunisia
Gabès (Qābis), Tunisia
Tripoli (Aṭrābulus), Libya
Taza (Tāzā), Morocco
Fez (Fās), Morocco
Ceuta (Sabta), Spain
Marrakesh (Marrākush), Morocco
Salé (Salā), Morocco
Meknes (Miknāsa), Morocco
Sijilmasa (Sijilmāsa), Morocco
Mashriq
Alexandria (al-Iskandarīya), Egypt
Damanhur (Damanhūr), Egypt
Fuwwah (Fawwā), Egypt
Ibyar (Abyār), Egypt
El Mahalla El Kubra (al-Maḥalla al-Kabīra), Egypt
Damietta (Dimyāt), Egypt
Faraskur (Fāriskūr), Egypt
Sebennytos or Samannoud (Samannūd), Egypt
Cairo (Miṣr), Egypt
Biba (Biba), Egypt
Oxyrhynchus (al-Bahnasa), Egypt
Minya (Munyat Ibn Khaṣīb), Egypt
Mallawi (Manlāwī), Egypt
Manfalut (Manfalūṭ), Egypt
Asyut (Asyūṭ), Egypt
Akhmim (Ikhmīm), Egypt
Hu (Hū), Egypt
Qena (Qinā), Egypt
Qus (Qūṣ), Egypt
Luxor (al-Aqṣur), Egypt
Esna (Asnā), Egypt
Edfu (Adfū), Egypt
ʿAydhab (‘Aidhāb), Egypt
Bilbeis (Balbais), Egypt
Gaza (Ghazza), Gaza Strip, Palestine
Hebron (al-Khalīl), West Bank, Palestine
Bethlehem (Bait Laḥm), West Bank, Palestine
Jerusalem (al-Quds), Palestine
Ramla (al-Ramla), Palestine
Nablus (Nābulus ), West Bank, Palestine
Ajloun (‘Ajlun), Jordan
Tyre (Sūr), Lebanon
Sidon (Ṣaidā), Lebanon
Tripoli (Aṭrābulus), Lebanon
Hama (Ḥamāh), Syria
Aleppo (Ḥalab), Syria
Antioch (Antākiya), Turkey
Bagras (Bughrās), Turkey
Latakia (al-Lādhiqīya), Syria
Baalbek (Ba‘labakk), Lebanon
Damascus, Syria
Al-Kiswah (al-Kiswa), Syria
Al Karak (Al-Karak), Jordon
Ma'an (Ma‘ān), Jordon
Arabian Peninsula
Tabuk (Tabūk), Saudi Arabia
Medina (al-Madīna), Saudi Arabia
Rabigh (Rābigh), Saudi Arabia
Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Jeddah (Judda), Saudi Arabia
Zabīd (Zabīd), Yemen
Jibla (Jubla), Yemen
Ta'izz (Ta'izz), Yemen
Sana'a (Ṣan'ā'), Yemen Doubtful.
Aden ('Adan), Yemen
Salalah (Zafāri), Oman
Qalhat (Qalhāt), Oman
Nizwa (Nazwā), Oman
Bahrain (al-Baḥrain), Bahrain Adjacent shore.
Qatif (al-Quṭaif), Saudi Arabia
Hofuf or al-Hasa (Hajar), Saudi Arabia
Al-Yamama (al-Yamama), Saudi Arabia
Iran and Iraq
Najaf (al-Najaf), Iraq
Basra (al-Basra), Iraq
Abadan ('Abbādān), Iran
Bandar-e Mahshahr (Māchūl), Iran
Ramhormoz (Rāmiz), Iran
Shushtar (Tustar), Iran
Izeh (Īdhaj), Iran
Isfahan (Iṣfahān), Iran
Shiraz (Shīrāz), Iran
Kazerun (Kāzarūn), Iran
Kufa (al-Kūfa), Iraq
Hillah (al-Ḥilla), Iraq
Baghdad (Baghdād), Iraq
Tabriz (Tabrīz), Iran
Mosul (al-Mawṣil), Iraq
Cizre (Jazīrat Ibn 'Omar), Turkey
Sinjar (Sinjār), Iraq
Mardin (Mārdīn), Turkey
Hormuz (New Hurmuz), Iran
Lar (Lār), Iran
East Africa
Suakin (Sawākin), Sudan
Zeila (Zaila'), Somalia
Mogadishu (Maqdashaw), Somalia
Mombasa (Mambasā), Kenya
Kilwa (Kulwā), Tanzania
Anatolia
Alanya (al-‘Alāyā), Turkey
Antalya (Anṭāliya), Turkey
Burdur (Burdūr), Turkey
Isparta (Sabartā), Turkey
Eğirdir (Akrīdūr), Turkey
Gölhisar (Qul-Ḥiṣār), Turkey
Laodicea on the Lycus near Denizli (Lādhiq), Turkey
Tavas (Ṭawās), Turkey
Muğla (Mughla), Turkey
Milas (Mīlās), Turkey
Konya (Qūniya), Turkey
Karaman (al-Lāranda), Turkey
Aksaray (Aqsarā), Turkey
Niğde (Nakda), Turkey
Kayseri (Qaisarīya), Turkey
Sivas (Sīwās), Turkey
Amasya (Amāṣiya), Turkey
Uluköy (Sūnusā), Turkey
Gümüşhane (Kumish), Turkey
Erzincan (Arzananjān), Turkey
Erzurum (Arz al-Rūm), Turkey
Birgi (Birgī), Turkey
Tire (Tīra), Turkey
Selçuk (Ayā Sulūq), Turkey
İzmir (Yazmir), Turkey
Manisa (Maghnīsīya), Turkey
Bergama (Barghama), Turkey
Balıkesir (Balī Kasrī), Turkey
Bursa (Burṣā), Turkey
İznik (Yasnīk), Turkey
Geyve (Kāwiya), Turkey
Taraklı (Yanijā), Turkey
Göynük (Kainūk), Turkey
Mudurnu (Maṭurnī), Turkey
Bolu (Būlī), Turkey
Gerede (Garadai), Turkey
Safranbolu (Burlū), Turkey
Kastamonu (Qaṣṭamūniya), Turkey
Sinop (Ṣanūb), Turkey
Constantinople, Turkey
Central Asia
Feodosia (al-Kafā), Ukraine/Russia
Stary Krym (al-Qiram), Ukraine/Russia
Azov (Azāk), Russia
Majar (al-Māchar), Russia
Pyatigorsk (Bish Dagh), Russia
Bolghar (Bulghār), Russia Very doubtful.
Astrakhan (al-Ḥājj Tarhān), Russia
New Sarai (al-Sarā), Russia
Sarayshyk (Sarāchūq), Kazakhstan
Konye-Urgench (Khwārizm), Turkmenistan
Bukhara (Bukhārā), Uzbekistan
Qarshi (Nakhshab), Uzbekistan
Samarkand (Samarqand), Uzbekistan
Termez (Tirmidh), Uzbekistan
Balkh (Balkh), Afghanistan
Herat (Harāt), Afghanistan Doubtful.
Torbat-e Jam (al-Jām), Iran Doubtful.
Tus (Ṭūs), Iran Doubtful.
Nishapur (Naisābūr), Iran Doubtful.
Bastam (Bisṭām), Iran Doubtful.
Kunduz (Qundūz), Afghanistan
Ghazni (Ghazna), Afghanistan
Kabul (Kābul), Afghanistan
South Asia
Uch (Ūja), Pakistan
Multan (Multān), Pakistan
Abohar (Abūhar), India
Pakpattan (Ajudahan), Pakistan
Sirsa (Sarasatī), India
Hansi (Ḥānsī), India
Delhi (Dihlī), India
Aligarh (Kuwil), India
Kannauj (Qinauj), India
Gwalior (Guyālyur), India
Ujjain (Ujain), India
Daulatabad (Dawlat Ābād), India
Khambhat or Cambay (Kinbāya), India
Gandhar (Qandahār), India
Honnavar (Hinawr), India
Mangalore (Manjarūr), India
Kannur or Cannanore, India
Kozhikode or Calicut (Qāliqūt), India
Kollam or Quilon (Kawlam), India
Malé (Mahal), Maldives
Puttalam (Baṭṭāla), Sri Lanka
Adam's Peak (Sarandīb), Sri Lanka
Dondra Head (Dīnawar), Sri Lanka
Chittagong, Bangladesh or possibly Satgaon, India (Sudkāwān) Identification of Sudkāwān uncertain.
Sonargaon (Sunarkāwān), Bangladesh
Southeast Asia
Samudera Pasai Sultanate (Sumuṭra), Northern Sumatra, Indonesia Exact location uncertain.
China
Quanzhou (Zaitūn), China
Guangzhou or Canton (Ṣīn al-Ṣīn), China
Fuzhou (Qanjanfū), China Uncertain.
Hangzhou (al-Khansā), China Doubtful.
Beijing (Khān Bāliq), China Doubtful.
Al-Andalus
Gibraltar (Mountain of Victory), United Kingdom
Ronda (Runda), Spain
Marbella (Marbala), Spain
Málaga (Málaga), Spain
Granada (Gharnāṭa), Spain
Mali Empire and West Africa
Taghaza (Taghāzā), Mali
Oualata (Īwālātan), Mauritania
Timbuktu (Tunbuktū), Mali
Gao (Kaukau), Mali
Takedda (Takaddā), Niger
Tuat (Tawāt), Algeria
Itinerary 1325–1332
Itinerary 1332–1346
Itinerary 1349–1353
References
Sources
. First published in 1986, .
This volume was translated by Beckingham after Gibb's death in 1971. A separate index was published in 2000.
Lists of places
Exploration of Africa
Exploration of Asia