ibn-Batuta

/ (ˌɪbənbæˈtuːtɑː) /

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noun

1304–?68, Arab traveller, who wrote the Rihlah, an account of his travels (1325–54) in Africa and Asia

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Words nearby ibn-Batuta

-ibly, ibn, ibn-al-Arabi, Ibn al-Haytham, ibn ʿArabi, ibn-Batuta, ibn-Ezra, ibn Gabirol, ibn Hanbal, ibn Khaldun, ibn Rushd

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Thus the cautious encyclopædia; but Ibn Khallikan has no such hesitancy.
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