The Travels of Ibn Jubayr
Author : R. J. C. Broadhurst
Publisher :
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 19,28 MB
Release : 2003
Category :
ISBN : 9781850779476
Author : R. J. C. Broadhurst
Publisher :
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 19,28 MB
Release : 2003
Category :
ISBN : 9781850779476
Author : Ibn Jubayr
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 485 pages
File Size : 21,88 MB
Release : 2019-11-28
Category : History
ISBN : 1786726599
Ibn Jubayr's account of his journey from his home in then Islamic Spain to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina, Syria, the Crusader Kingdoms and ultimately Egypt is a landmark text for the study and understanding of the Medieval Islamic World. Broadhurst's translation gives voice to Ibn Jubayr's vivid impressions of the 12th century Mediterranean. He recounts his experiences in Saladin's Egypt in contrast to rule of the Almohads in the Maghreb, and gives a positive assessment of the conditions of Muslims in the Kingdom of Jerusalem. He also takes detailed note of and interest in the great architecture of period, both Muslim and non Muslim, as well as his experiences with the learned Sufi teachers of the East. With a new introduction by Robert Irwin, this classic first-hand account remains of upmost value to historians of the Medieval Mediterranean and Islamic World.
Author : Ross E. Dunn
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 12,25 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0520243854
Ross Dunn's classic retelling of the travels of Ibn Battuta, a Muslim of the 14th century.
Author : Michael Wolfe
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Page : 701 pages
File Size : 40,43 MB
Release : 2015-09-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0802192203
“Wolfe does an exemplary job of detailing the ceremonies performed at Mecca and the reasons behind them . . . Highly recommended.” —Library Journal, starred review This updated and expanded edition of One Thousand Roads to Mecca collects significant works by observant travel writers from the East and West over the last ten centuries—including two new contemporary narratives—creating a comprehensive, multifaceted literary portrait of the enduring tradition. Since its inception in the seventh century, the pilgrimage to Mecca has been the central theme in a large body of Islamic travel literature. Beginning with the European Renaissance, it has also been the subject for a handful of adventurous writers from the West who, through conversion or connivance, managed to slip inside the walls of a city forbidden to non-Muslims. These very different literary traditions form distinct impressions of a spirited conversation in which Mecca is the common destination and Islam the common subject of inquiry. Along with an introduction by Reza Aslan, featured writers include Ibn Battuta, J. L. Burckhardt, Sir Richard Burton, the Begum of Bhopal, John F. Keane, Winifred Stegar, Muhammad Asad, Lady Evelyn Cobbald, Jalal Al-e Ahmad, and Malcolm X. One Thousand Roads to Mecca is a historically, geographically, and ethnically diverse collection of travel writing that adds substantially to the literature of Islam and the West. “Serves as an excellent introduction to a religion, people, culture, and philosophy.” —Santa Cruz Sentinel
Author : Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Ibn Jubayr
Publisher :
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 25,17 MB
Release : 1952
Category : Islamic Empire
ISBN : 9788187570554
Author : Ibn Jubayr
Publisher :
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 29,41 MB
Release : 1907
Category : Islamic countries
ISBN :
Author : Usama ibn Munqidh
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 28,63 MB
Release : 2008-07-03
Category : History
ISBN : 0141919175
The volume comprises lightly annotated translation of a key medieval Arabic text that bears directly on the Crusades and Crusader society and the Muslim experience of them.
Author : Brian A. Catlos
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 649 pages
File Size : 26,28 MB
Release : 2014-03-20
Category : History
ISBN : 0521889391
An innovative study which explores how the presence of Muslim communities transformed Europe and stimulated Christian society to define itself.
Author : Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Ibn Jubayr
Publisher :
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 13,25 MB
Release : 1907
Category : Islamic Empire
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 42,20 MB
Release : 2021-10-06
Category : History
ISBN : 1624669972
Drawn from greater Syria, northern Mesopotamia, and Egypt, the sources in this anthology—many of which are translated into English for the first time here--provide eyewitness and contemporary historical accounts of what unfolded in the eastern Mediterranean and the Near East between the eleventh and fourteenth centuries. In providing representative examples of the many disparate types of Muslim sources, this volume opens a window onto life in the Islamic Near East during the Crusader period and the interactions between Franks and Muslims in the broader context of Islamic history. Ideally suited for use in undergraduate courses on the Crusades or the pre-modern Islamic Near East, this anthology will also appeal to any readers seeking a better understanding of the Islamic response to the Crusades and the general history of the Near East in this period.