Who among the following was a Moroccan traveller?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Ibn Battuta
Ibn Battuta, the author of the Rihla, was a Moroccan traveller, born in Tangier.
NCERT (2026-27): “2.1 An early globe-trotter … 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. This Moroccan traveller was born in Tangier into one of the most respectable and educated families known for their expertise in Islamic religious law or shari‘a. True to the tradition of his family, Ibn Battuta received literary and scholastic education when he was quite young. Unlike most other members of his class, Ibn Battuta considered experience gained through travels to be a more important source of knowledge than books.…” |