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250 Rufiyaa Ibn Battuta
| Issuer | Maldives Monetary Authority |
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| Year | 1995 |
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| Thickness | 3.22 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | 1995 - ۱٤۱٦ MALDIVES ދިވެހި ރާއްޖޭ |
| Reverse description | The turbaned and draped bust of the Moroccan explorer Ibn Battuta is portrayed in left-facing three-quarter profile in the left field, rendered in fine relief. To the upper right, a traditional dhow under full sail is depicted on open water with crew visible aboard. The lower half of the field features an incuse outline map of the Middle East, Arabian Peninsula, and Indian subcontinent, with a dashed line tracing Ibn Battuta's maritime travel route. A horizontal band across the centre bears the Latin legend IBN BATTUTA 1304-1377 alongside the equivalent in Thaana script. The denomination 250 RUFIYAA is inscribed along the lower rim. |
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Ibn Battuta departed Tangier in 1325 and eventually reached the Maldives around 1343, where he served — reluctantly, by his own account in the Rihla — as a qadi for approximately eighteen months before local politics made his position untenable and he left. The Maldives issued this coin in 1995 to mark the 625th anniversary of his birth, joining a broader wave of commemorative programs across the Islamic world that decade tied to the same milestone.