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The travels of Ibn Jubayr : a medieval journey from Cordoba to Jerusalem / Ibn Jubayr ; foreword by Robert Irwin ; translated by Ronald Broadhurst.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ibn Jubayr, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, 1145-1217, author.
- Series:
- Cultural histories series
- Standardized Title:
- Riḥlat ibn Jubayr. English
- Language:
- Arabic
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ibn Jubayr, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, 1145-1217--Travel--Middle East.
- Ibn Jubayr, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad.
- Ibn Jubayr, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, 1145-1217--Travel--Islamic Empire.
- Ibn Jubayr, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, 1145-1217.
- Travel.
- Middle East--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.
- Middle East.
- Islamic Empire--Description and travel.
- Islamic Empire.
- Genre:
- Early works.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (450 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- London : I.B. Tauris, 2019.
- Language Note:
- In English and Arabic.
- Summary:
- "Ibn Jubayr's account of his journey from his home in then Islamic Spain to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina, Syria, the Crusader Kingdoms and ultimately Egypt is a landmark text for the study and understanding of the Medieval Islamic World. Broadhurst's translation gives voice to Ibn Jubayr's vivid impressions of the 12th century Mediterranean. He recounts his experiences in Saladin's Egypt in contrast to rule of the Almohads in the Maghreb, and gives a positive assessment of the conditions of Muslims in the Kingdom of Jerusalem. He also takes detailed note of and interest in the great architecture of period, both Muslim and non Muslim, as well as his experiences with the learned Sufi teachers of the East. With a new introduction by Robert Irwin, this classic first-hand account remains of upmost value to historians of the Medieval Mediterranean and Islamic World."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
- Notes:
- Translated from the Arabic.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Online resource; description from resource and publisher's metadata (viewed on 11 April 2020).
- ISBN:
- 9781788318235
- 1788318234
- 9781786726599
- 1786726599
- 9781786736659
- 1786736659
- OCLC:
- 1129557347
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