Ibn Jubayr

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Ibn Jubayr was a 12th-century Andalusian Muslim traveler and writer best known for his detailed pilgrimage travelogue that offers a vivid account of the medieval Islamic world.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Andalusian Muslim
person
traveler
writer
birthYear 1145
century 12th century
citizenship Almohad dynasty
surface form: Almohad Caliphate
deathYear 1217
described Crusader states
Fatimid Caliphate
surface form: Fatimid and Ayyubid Egypt

Meccan pilgrimage rituals
cities of the eastern Mediterranean
medieval Islamic world
ethnicity Arabs
surface form: Arab
fullName Abu al-Husayn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Jubayr
genre rihla
historicalPeriod medieval Islam
influenced Ibn Battuta
later Muslim travel writers
knownFor pilgrimage travelogue
travel writing
language Arabic
name Ibn Jubayr self-link
notableWork Ibn Jubayr self-linksurface differs
surface form: Rihlat Ibn Jubayr

The Travels of Ibn Jubayr
occupation geographer
poet
secretary
performed Hajj
placeOfActivity Granada NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Valencia NERFINISHED
regionOfOrigin Islamic Spain
surface form: al-Andalus
religion Islam
sourceFor history of the Crusades
history of the Hajj
social history of the 12th-century Mediterranean
traveledTo Egypt
Iraq
Mecca
Medina
Sicily
Syria
travelEndYear 1185
travelStartYear 1183
writingStyle detailed observation
first-person narrative

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Ibn Jubayr name Ibn Jubayr self-link
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this entity surface form: Rihlat Ibn Jubayr