Ibn Jubayr reaches Alexandria

ابن جبير يصل الإسكندرية

1183 CE · 578 AH – 1183 CE · 578 AH

Alexandria

Ibn Jubayr reached Alexandria — its lighthouse, its colleges, the dar al-adl and Sultan Saladin 1.

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Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
al-Andalus & Europe · Maghreb · Egypt & Nile · Arabia · Levant & Iraq
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks

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Alexandria

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Alexandria
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Ibn Jubayr, Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Kinani

People and things also explored

Ibn Jubayr, Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Kinani· Alexandria· the Alexandria rising and its recovery (25 AH)· The Great Earthquake of 180 AH· Ibn Jubayr in Baghdad· Ibn Jubayr sets out from Granada· Ibn Jubayr's hajj, 579 AH· Ibn Jubayr visits Medina

Sources

  1. The Travels of Ibn Jubayr, Arabic text (Gibb Memorial, 1907)
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Ibn Jubayr, Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Kinani

An Andalusian traveller from Valencia and Granada who made the Hajj and wrote the travelogue known by his name.