Tangier, Also Tanja, Tingis

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CityAlso Tanja, Tingis

Tangierطنجة

The port on the Strait where Tariq set out for Spain and Ibn Battuta was born.

Tariq ibn Ziyad sailed from this coast to Spain in 711. Ibn Battuta was born here in 1304 and left at 21 for Hajj, beginning nearly thirty years of travel across the Muslim world and beyond.

What happened here?

Who lived here?

Ibn Battuta

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People named in the Quran and the hadith, the Prophet's ﷺ family and Companions, scholars, rulers, the nations of the Quran, the world's empires and the places where it all happened. Where scholars differ, each entry says so.

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