Ibn Juzayy


Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Juzayy al-Kalbi al-Gharnati was an Arab scholar, writer of poetry, history, and law from Al-Andalus. He is mainly known as the writer to whom Ibn Battuta dictated an account of his travels. Ibn Juzayy was the son of Abu'l-Qasim Ibn Juzayy who died in the Battle of Rio Salado in 1340.
Ibn Juzayy wrote "The Travels of Ibn Battuta" in 1352-55. It is clear that he copied passages from previous works such as the description of Medina from the Rihla of Ibn Jubayr and the description of Palestine by Mohammed al-Abdari al-Hihi.