--- title: "4 Ibn Battuta Quotes" description: "Ibn Battuta was a Maghrebi Muslim traveller, explorer and scholar from Tangier. Over a period of 30 years from 1325 to 1354, he visited much of Africa, ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bec/ibn-battuta-73854_speechless_traveling-leaves-you-speechless-then-tur_475829.jpg" --- # Ibn Battuta **4** quotes in **40** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Ibn Battuta was a Maghrebi Muslim traveller, explorer and scholar from Tangier. Over a period of 30 years from 1325 to 1354, he visited much of Africa, Asia, and the Iberian Peninsula. Near the end of his life, Ibn Battuta dictated an account of his journeys, titled A Gift to Those Who Contemplate t ## Quotes by Ibn Battuta > [“Traveling leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibn-battuta/traveling-leaves-you-speechless-then-turns-you-into-a-storyteller/) Ibn Battuta [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bec/ibn-battuta-73854_speechless_traveling-leaves-you-speechless-then-tur_475829.jpg) > [Traveling - it offers you a hundred roads to adventure, and gives your heart wings!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibn-battuta/traveling-it-offers-you-a-hundred-roads-to-adventure-and-gives-your/) Ibn Battuta [Adventure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adventure/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/267/ibn-battuta-73854_adventure_traveling-it-offers-you-a-hundred-roads_2546122.jpg) > [Their women are of surpassing beauty, and are shown more respect than the men. These people are Muslims, punctilious in observing the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibn-battuta/their-women-are-of-surpassing-beauty-and-are-shown-more-respect-than/) Ibn Battuta [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1f/ibn-battuta-73854_attending_their-women-are-of-surpassing-beauty-and_2614623.jpg) > [I have indeed - praise be to God - attained my desire in this world, which was to travel through the earth,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibn-battuta/i-have-indeed-praise-be-to-god-attained-my-desire-in-this-world-which/) Ibn Battuta [Attained](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/attained/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/349/ibn-battuta-73854_attained_i-have-indeed-praise-be-to-god-attained_3119215.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibn-battuta/#itemlist", "name": "Ibn Battuta Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Traveling leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ibn Battuta" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibn-battuta/traveling-leaves-you-speechless-then-turns-you-into-a-storyteller/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bec/ibn-battuta-73854_speechless_traveling-leaves-you-speechless-then-tur_475829.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bec/ibn-battuta-73854_speechless_traveling-leaves-you-speechless-then-tur_475829.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bec/ibn-battuta-73854_speechless_traveling-leaves-you-speechless-then-tur_475829.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Traveling leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller” — Ibn Battuta", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Traveling - it offers you a hundred roads to adventure, and gives your heart wings!", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ibn Battuta" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibn-battuta/traveling-it-offers-you-a-hundred-roads-to-adventure-and-gives-your/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/267/ibn-battuta-73854_adventure_traveling-it-offers-you-a-hundred-roads_2546122.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/267/ibn-battuta-73854_adventure_traveling-it-offers-you-a-hundred-roads_2546122.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/267/ibn-battuta-73854_adventure_traveling-it-offers-you-a-hundred-roads_2546122.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Traveling - it offers you a hundred roads to adventure, and gives your heart wings!” — Ibn Battuta", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Their women are of surpassing beauty, and are shown more respect than the men. 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