Ibn Jubayr returns to Granada

عودة ابن جبير إلى غرناطة

1185 CE · 581 AH – 1185 CE · 581 AH

Granada

Ibn Jubayr returned to Granada in 581/1185 after two years' travel and wrote his rihla, the Tadhkira 1.

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Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
al-Andalus & Europe · Maghreb · Egypt & Nile · Arabia · Levant & Iraq
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks

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Granada

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Granada
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Ibn Jubayr, Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Kinani

People and things also explored

Ibn Jubayr sets out from Granada· The Alhambra· Foundations of the Alhambra· The breach of the Granada terms and the revolt of the Alpujarras· The surrender of Granada and the Christian entry into the Alhambra· The great battle of Granada, 663· Ibn Jubayr in Baghdad· Ibn Jubayr's hajj, 579 AH

Sources

  1. The Travels of Ibn Jubayr, Arabic text (Gibb Memorial, 1907)
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Ibn Jubayr sets out from Granada

In Safar 578/1183 Ibn Jubayr left Granada for the hajj, crossing the sea by way of Ceuta and the west.