 The major stations he visited include Bugia, Constantinople, Tunis, Tripoli, Barqa and Antalya.After 1224, he entered the service of the Ayyubid Sultan al-Kāmil and was appointed chief herbalist.In 1227 al-Kāmil extended his domination to Damascus, and Ibn al-Bayṭār accompanied him there, which provided him an opportunity to collect plants in Syria.