Ibn Jubayr shipwrecked to Sicily

ابن جبير بصقلية بعد الغرق

c. December 1184 CE · 580 AH – c. December 1184 CE · 580 AH

Palermo

The ship carrying Ibn Jubayr was wrecked off Sicily; King William II rescued the passengers and he landed at Palermo 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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1170118011901200 c.
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks

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Palermo

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Occurred at
Palermo
Had participant
Ibn Jubayr, Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Kinani

People and things also explored

Al-Idrisi at Roger II's court, Palermo· Ibn Jubayr in Baghdad· Ibn Jubayr sets out from Granada· Ibn Jubayr's hajj, 579 AH· Ibn Jubayr reaches Alexandria· Ibn Jubayr visits Medina· Ibn Jubayr returns to Granada· Nuzhat al-Mushtaq completed, 549 AH

Sources

  1. The Travels of Ibn Jubayr, Arabic text (Gibb Memorial, 1907)
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Al-Idrisi at Roger II's court, Palermo

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