At a glance
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Review
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Life in time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Summary
Abu'l-Hasan 'Ali b. Abi Bakr b. 'Ali, Marwazi by origin, Mosuli by birth — the famous wayfarer resident at Aleppo; he roamed the lands and made countless visitations, nearly compassing the earth: no land or sea, no path or mountain that could be sought and seen but he saw it. 1
His mark
Wherever he reached, he wrote his hand upon its wall — Ibn Khallikan says: I have seen that in the many lands I myself visited; in Sicily he witnessed Etna's eruption and met Ibn Hajar. 1
Connections
People and things also explored
the Ayyubid shuffle — al-Adil to Aleppo, al-Aziz to Egypt· Al-Farabi at Sayf al-Dawla's court· al-Malik al-Ṣāliḥ moved to Aleppo — Saʿd al-Dīn Kumashtakīn seizes the regency· The exchange of Aleppo, from Mosul to Sinjar· Battle of Azaz· Byzantine capture of Aleppo· Conquest of Aleppo (15 AH)· Death of al-Malik al-Zahir of Aleppo
Sources
- Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Ali al-Harawi, the Wanderer”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ali-al-harawi-al-saih/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.