The most travelled traveller of 14th century.

Ibn Battuta (Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibnu Battuta) is the most travelled 14th century traveller from Morocco. He was also a geographer and a scholar. He has travelled more than other two prominent 14th century travellers Marco Polo from Italy and Zheng He from China. His total travelling distance is estimated to be 117,000 km, over a period of 30 years.

Ibn Battuta came to Sri Lanka in 1344 A.D en route to Malabar from Maldives. His ship landed on Puttlam. Puttlam was under the rule of Tamil king "Ariya Chakkaravarthi". He seeked the help of Ariya chakkaravarthi to climb Adams' peak which was considered as a major pilgrim site by Arabs those days.

Ibn Battuta talks about the Muslim prince who ruled Kurunegalle Wathhimi Kumara and the Moor prince Jalasthi who ruled Colombo in his book "Rihla". He was hosted in Galle by captain Ibrahim. He was gifted many valuable gifts by Arya chakkaravarthi specially gems. His book is a good source to understand the history of Muslims of Sri Lanka in 14th century.