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Ibn Jubayr, Andalusian pilgrim and writer

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ScholarAndalusian pilgrim and writer

Ibn Jubayrابن جبير

Approximate dateGranada

A secretary of Granada whose Hajj diary is a vivid picture of the Crusader-era world.

Setting out in 1183, he described Salah al-Din's Egypt, Makkah and Madinah, Baghdad, the Crusader ports of the Levant, and Norman Sicily on the way home. He died in Alexandria on a later journey.

What grew out of it?

His Rihla began the genre that Ibn Battuta later made famous.

Who else is linked?

GranadaIbn BattutaSalah al-DinAlmoravids and AlmohadsAyyubidsCrusader states

Who lived at the same time?

Salah al-DinAl-MustadiGuy of LusignanYaqub al-MansurShirkuhRichard IAl-AdidAl-Mustanjid

Source: history · Wikipedia

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