Journey to Mecca

Journey to Mecca: In the Footsteps of Ibn Battuta

“In the Footsteps of Ibn Battuta”

The 20 year old Muslim religious law student Ibn Battuta (1304–1368), whose full name was Abu Abdullah Muhammed Ibn Abdullah Al Lawati Al Tanji Ibn Battuta, set out from Tangier, a city in northern Morocco, in 1325, on a pilgrimage to Mecca, some 3,000 miles (over 4,800 km) to the East. The journey took him 18 months to complete and along the way he met with misfortune and adversity, including attack by bandits, rescue by Bedouins, fierce sand storms and dehydration.

Director

Bruce Neibaur

Screenplay

Bruce Neibaur

Screenplay

Tahir Shah

Music

Michael Brook

Status

Released

Release date

07/01/2009

Original language

English

Budget

US$ 0 M