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Ibn Jubayr’s diaries that recorded his observations across Jerusalem, Egypt, Hijaz, Najd, and Iraq; among others. The exhibition also explores Al-Yaqoubi’s geographical perceptions, and highlights the ...

The story of Al-Hajjaj is a stark reminder of what happens when rulers ignore the counsel of wise men. When Al-Hajjaj appointed Saeed ibn Jubayr as the court judge, the latter spent time in Baghdad, ...

In 578 AH, during one of his visits to Mecca, the Arab traveller Ibn Jubayr explained that the call for Suhoor sounded from the eastern minaret of the Masjid al-Haram (the Holy Mosque).

The first section also features Surat al-Ard by Muhammad Bin Hawqal, The Journey of Ibn Jubayr by Ibn Jubayr, Dictionary of Countries by Yaqut al-Hamawi, and The Journey of Ibn Battuta, and ...

Fourth, despite no day-to-day report being available for the coalition, an interesting comparison can be made with Ibn Jubayr’s detailed account of his travels in the region – from Mosul to Nuṣaybin ...

Mosul’s resilience brings to mind the words of medieval geographer Ibn Jubayr (1145-1217): “The city is a large and ancient one, fortified and imposing, and prepared against the strokes of ...

Sa’eed ibn Jubayr, ‘Ikrimah, Mujaahid and others , may Allah be pleased with them- that the night on which the Qur’an was sent down was Laylat Al-Qadr. The phrase (which means): “On that ...

One of the earliest surviving first-person accounts of the Hajj is by the Spanish Arab geographer Ibn Jubayr and dates to the late 1100s, a period marked by turmoil in the Middle East amid the ...