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The 'Ibn Battuta Mall' is a large shopping mall on the Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai close to Interchange 6 for Jebel Ali Village. It is named after famous traveller and explorer Ibn Battuta. The project was completed by the Nakheel Properties group in early 2005.


The mall is split into six main courts; China, India, Persia, Egypt, Tunisia and Andalusia with linking shopping and circulation areas. All the major outlets found in almost all of the shopping malls elsewhere in Dubai and the Middle East are represented. Géant, a large French supermarket chain has a store here. The mall is an example of one of the many ambitious projects by Nakheel Properties in Dubai.
Ibn Battuta Mall boasts the only IMAX theatre in the country and also offers a 21 screen Cinema Megaplex, located in the Chin court. There are two large food courts, located at both ends (Andalusia and China) of the mall, as well as several coffee shops, scattered throughout the mall.
The mall features exhibits of ancient technological inventions, especially from the Middle East. These include as a centrepiece a modern full-size working reproduction of an elephant clock, an Islamic invention consisting of a water-powered clock in the form of an elephant.

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★ Ibn Battuta Mall — Official website

★ Dubai and UAE shopping malls — list with brief descriptions of malls and facilities

★ Article including a photograph of the Ibn Battuta Mall elephant clock