Medina to Mecca on the Syrian pilgrimage road
من المدينة إلى مكة على درب الركب الشامي
At a glance
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Walk the journey day by day
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المدينة المنورة
نقطة الانطلاق: المدينة المنورة. خرج من المدينة يريد مكة، فنزل قرب مسجد ذي الحليفة وأحرم بالحج مفرداً، ثم نزل بوادي العقيق وشعب علي، ثم الروحاء (ص78).
رقم المحطة في ترتيب النص، لا يدل على عدد الأيام ما لم يذكره النص.
Overview
The route
He left Medina for Mecca, and near Dhu al-Hulayfa he entered ihram for the Hajj alone, then alighted at al-Rawha 2.
From al-Rawha to Badr, passing al-Safra, a valley with water, palm trees and a fortress 2.
From Badr to al-Buzwa, then the valley of Rabigh. From there it was three stages to Khulays, then the ascent of al-Suwayq, 'Asfan and Batn Marr, and he reached Mecca at dawn 1.
Notes on pagination
The page numbers are the printed numbers of the 1958 edition. The scanned copy used in preparing this page adds one to the printed page number in the file.
Sources
Sources
- Rihla of Ibn Battuta (Tuhfat al-nuzzar), Arabic edition 1958, pp.78–79
- Rihla of Ibn Battuta (Tuhfat al-nuzzar), Arabic edition 1958, p.78
- Rihla of Ibn Battuta (Tuhfat al-nuzzar), Arabic edition 1958
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islam.museum contributors. “Medina to Mecca on the Syrian pilgrimage road”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/journey/medina-to-mecca/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.