Ibn Battuta (1304–1368 or 1369)[1] was a Moroccan scholar and traveller who is known for the account of his travels and excursions called the Rihla (Voyage). His journeys lasted for a period of nearly thirty years, says Wikipedia, and covered almost the entirety of the known Islamic world and beyond, extending from North Africa, West Africa, Southern Europe and Eastern Europe in the West, to the Middle East, Indian subcontinent, Central Asia, Southeast Asia and China in the East, a distance readily surpassing that of his predecessors and his near-contemporary Marco Polo.
Based on numerous photos in flickr.com, it seems that in the Persian Gulf nation of Dubai there is a luxurious shopping emporium called the Ibn Battuta Mall.
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