The traveler whose account was compared with that of Marco Polo was:

(1) Al-Beruni
(2) Ibn-Battuta
(3) Abdur Razzaq
(4) Fa-Hien

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Ibn Battuta traveled extensively in China, going as far as Beijing, but did not stay for long, deciding to return home in 1347. His account is often compared with that of Marco Polo, who visited China (and also India) from his home base in Venice in the late thirteenth century.