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he was born in Tangier, Morocco, in 1304
Cairo was a stop on his route, not his birthplace
Istanbul was not his city
Baghdad he visited but was not born in
he left as a young pilgrim and the journey grew
he was no merchant but a pilgrim first
he studied at home then left for the Hajj
he fled nothing; he sought the Hajj
he came back after some three decades away
five years is far short of his journey
ten years is too few for his travels
fifty years exceeds his journey's span
he dictated his memories into the Rihla
the Idah is a geography work, not his book
the Muqaddimah is Ibn Khaldun's, not Ibn Battuta's
his book is famously named the Rihla
he served the Indian sultan as a judge
he was a jurist, not a physician
he lived by judging and hospitality, not trade
he was a scholar, not a soldier
Ibn Juzayy transcribed the Rihla as Ibn Battuta dictated
Ibn Khaldun was another historian, not the scribe
Ibn Sina lived centuries earlier
he dictated to Ibn Juzayy; he did not write it by hand
he reached China, the farthest east of his journey
al-Andalus lay on the route, not the end
he never reached Japan
he did not travel far into western Europe
he visited the Mali empire and described its court
al-Andalus is in Iberia, not West Africa
Egypt is in Africa's northeast, not west
Persia is in Asia, not Africa
he worked as judge, envoy and guest of rulers
trade was never his living
he lived honoured, not enslaved
he was no hunter
he dictated his memories to Ibn Juzayy, who wrote them
he settled after returning and dictated
he ruled nothing; he dictated his book
he forgot nothing — he dictated them
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