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Ibn Jubayr

Type Figure Region Iberian Peninsula Time 1145–1217 Also known as Ibn Jubayr、Abu al-Husayn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Jubayr

Ibn Jubayr was a twelfth-century Andalusi traveler and writer born in Valencia, famed for his 1183–1185 pilgrimage to Mecca.

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  1. 1145–1150Valencia · AndalusiaIbn Jubayr was born in Valencia under Almohad rule and received a local Islamic education in literature and religious studies, laying the cultural foundation for his later service as secretary at the Granada court and for writing his travelogue.
  2. 1182–1183Granada · AndalusiaHe served as secretary in the court of the governor of Granada; after an incident in which he was forced to drink wine, he resolved to perform the pilgrimage to Mecca as atonement, thereby launching his famous long journey.
  3. 1183–1185Mecca · Arabian PeninsulaIn 1183 he set out from Granada, traveling via Valencia and Marseilles by ship to Egypt, then onward to Mecca to complete the pilgrimage; on the return he passed through Baghdad, Mosul, and Sicily, arriving back in 1185, recording everything he saw and heard, which became a book passed down to posterity.

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