Back in Damascus, Ibn Battuta learned that a son he left there some 20 years earlier had been dead for 12 years and that his own father, who lived in Tangier, had been dead for 15.
Jõudnud tagasi Damaskusesse, sai Ibn Battuta teada, et tema poeg, kellest ta paarikümne aasta eest oli lahkunud, on juba 12 aastat tagasi surnud. Ta Tangeris elanud isa oli surnud 15 aasta eest.