Ibn Battuta
1304 – 1369 · Morocco · Literature, History
Travelled some 120,000 km across the medieval world and wrote the Rihla.
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- Ahmad Baba al-Timbukti
1556 – 1627 · Literature, Philosophy
The Rihla's Saharan itineraries record the trans-Saharan scholarly world Timbuktu anchored.
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