Which Central Asian cities did Ibn Battuta visit on his way toward India?

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Engraving of Ibn Battuta in Egypt, standing on a decorated stone block with another man, overlooking ancient Egyptian columns and palm trees in the background. — Ibn Battuta Ibn Baṭṭūṭah (right) with an Egyptian man in Egypt.

On his journey toward India, Ibn Battuta traveled with a caravan through Central Asia, where he visited the ancient cities of Bukhara, Samarkand, and Balkh. At the time of his visit, these cities still bore the scars of the Mongol invasion.1