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Ibn Battuta travelled to Morocco across North Africa in 1325.
Then, in 1326, he travelled to Cairo, in Egypt.
From there, he continued his journey on to Syria and Palestine, and The Hajj: Medina to Mecca.
Between 1326 - 1327, Ibn Battuta went to Persia and Iraq.
After which, he travelled further into Persia to places such as the Arabian Sea and East Africa, for 2 years, 1328 - 1330.
Then, Ibn Battuta travelled to Anatolia in Turkey between the year 1330 - 1331.
After that, he went to The Steppe - Land of the Golden Horde, from 1332 - 1333.
He then returned to The Steppes and into the Land of Chagatay.
Between 1334 - 1341, Ibn Battuta travelled to Delhi, which was the capital of Muslim India.
He escaped from Delhi and moved on to the Maldive Islands and Ceylon (Sri Lanka) in between year 1342 and 1344.
In the year 1345 - 1346, Ibn Battuta also went to Malaysia and China.
His journey home lasted for 3 years, from 1346 - 1349.
Afterwards, he travelled to Andalusia (Muslim Spain) and Morocco in 1349 - 1350.
Ibn Battuta then started his journey to West Africa in 1351.
The journey lasted for 2 to 3 years, 1351 - 1353.

Shams ad - Din, also known as Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta, was born at Tangier, Morocco, on the 24th February 1304 C.E.
He was born into a Muslim family of legal scholars and judges.
He left Tangier on Thursday, 14th June, 1325 C.E. , when he was twenty one years of age.
He studied Muslim law as a young man, and was prepared t become a Muslim judge, also known as the qadi.
His travels lasted for about thirty years, after which he returned to Fez, Morocco at the court of Sultan Abu 'Inan and dictated accounts of his journeys to Ibn Juzay.
These are known as the famous Travels of Ibn Battuta.
He died at Fez in 1369 C.E.
Ibn Battuta was the only medieval traveller who is known to have visited the lands of every Muslim ruler of his time.
He also travelled in Ceylon (present Sri Lanka), China and Byzantium and South Russia.
His traveling went on for about 29 years and he covered about 75 000 miles, visiting the equivalent of 44 modern countries.
His trips were recorded in a book titled 'Rihla', or 'My Travels'.