Ibn Battuta Mall
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Location | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
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Coordinates | 25°02′40″N 55°07′14″E / 25.04444°N 55.12056°E |
Opening date | 4 April 2005 |
Management | Nakheel Properties |
Owner | Nakheel Properties |
Website | ibnbattutamall |
The Ibn Battuta Mall is a large shopping mall on the Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai close to Interchange 6 for Jebel Ali Village. Having more than 270 shops, 50 restaurants, a 21-screen cinema and over 4,500 parking spaces on a total of 521,000 m2 (5,610,000 sq ft), Ibn Battuta is the world's largest themed shopping mall. On 26 May 2013 Nakheel announced the tender for Ibn Battuta Mall expansion – a new, 28,000 m2 (300,000 sq ft) retail hub for another 150 shops.[1]
It consists of six courts, each of whose designs are inspired by some of the countries visited by the Moroccan Berber explorer, Ibn Battuta: Andalusia Court, China Court, Egypt Court, India Court, Persia Court, and Tunisia Court.
Persia Court
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Gallery
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The Egypt Court at the Ibn Battuta Mall, on opening day
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Debenhams store, located in the Persia Court
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Tunisia Court
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Fountain in Andalusia Court
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Starbucks in Persia Court
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Persia Court
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China Court with a replica of a smaller junk in Zheng He's fleet
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India Court with a working reproduction of the elephant clock
References
External links
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- Ibn Battuta Mall — Official website
- Saudi Aramco World article on the Mall by Tim Mackintosh-Smith
- SMD - Turnkey Interiors for retail stores