Ibn Jubayr, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Ibn Jubayr

Arab traveller and geographer

Date of Birth: 01-Sep-1145

Place of Birth: Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain

Date of Death: 29-Nov-1217

Profession: writer, poet, geographer

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Ibn Jubayr

  • Ibn Jubayr (1 September 1145 –29 November 1217; Arabic: ??? ?????), also written Ibn Jubair, Ibn Jobair, and Ibn Djubayr, was an Arab geographer, traveller and poet from al-Andalus.
  • His travel chronicle describes the pilgrimage he made to Mecca from 1183 to 1185, in the years preceding the Third Crusade.
  • His chronicle describes Saladin's domains in Egypt and the Levant which he passed through on his way to Mecca.
  • Further, on his return journey he passed through Christian Sicily, which had only been recaptured from the Muslims a century before, and he makes several observations on the hybrid polyglot culture which flourished there.

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