Ibn Battuta's Departure on His Travels (1325)

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1. 1325Tangier · MoroccoOn June 14, 1325, Ibn Battuta bid farewell to his family and set out from his native Tangier, traveling east along the North African coast before turning toward Egypt on his first pilgrimage journey; this act opened what would become decades of near-global travel.
2. 1325North African coast · North AfricaWithin months of departure, Ibn Battuta passed through Fez, Tlemcen, and other places into the Maghreb and Ifriqiya, reaching Tunis and Egypt within 1325, completing the first long leg of his pilgrimage and beginning to build connections among Islamic scholars and officials along the way.