Journeys

Every journey the museum records: migrations, travels, pilgrim roads, trade routes and campaigns, each with its stations in order.

This build holds 50 journeys of 5 kinds.

Routes on one map

49 of the 50 journeys are drawn, each joining its stations in order with straight lines (not the roads travelled). Hover, focus or tap a route, or its name in the list, to bring it forward and see its stations. 12 of them continue beyond the frame, marked by an arrowhead at its edge; choose one to see its whole route.

  • Migrations · 3
  • Travels · 11
  • Pilgrim roads · 11
  • Trade routes · 2
  • Campaigns and expeditions · 22
The expedition to al-Abwa (Waddan), the first of the Prophet's campaigns From Aden to Zeila by sea on Ibn Battuta's journey The expedition against Banu Sulaym at al-Kudr From Aydhab to Jeddah on the pilgrimage road The Medina army's march to Badr From Badr to Medina on Ibn Jubayr's road From Baghdad north, then west to Damascus, on Ibn Jubayr's road From Baghdad to Medina on the Iraqi pilgrim road From Basra to Persia and back to Baghdad by Ibn Battuta's road The expedition to Buhran The expedition to Buwat Cairo to Aydhab by the Upper Egypt road Cairo to Qus up the Nile, on Ibn Jubayr's road Darb Zubayda — the pilgrim road from Kufa to Mecca The expedition of Dhu al-Ushayra The expedition to Dhu Amarr The Prophet's march to Dumat al-Jandal in 5 AH Sending Khalid to Dumat al-Jandal The Farewell Pilgrimage route The march of the Conquest of Mecca The first migration to Abyssinia From Granada to Cairo on Ibn Jubayr's pilgrimage road Grand Imam Ahmad al-Tayyib's visit to Indonesia (2016) The pursuit of Quraysh to Hamra al-Asad The expedition of Hamza to Sayf al-Bahr The Hijra route The march to al-Hudaybiyya From Mecca to Hunayn, Ta'if and back The Isra route The road to al-Ta'if Mecca to Iraq by way of Medina with the Iraqi caravan Medina to Mecca on the Syrian pilgrimage road The raid on Banu al-Mustaliq The army's march to Mu'tah The expedition of Abdullah ibn Jahsh to Nakhla Qus to Aydhab across the desert, on Ibn Jubayr's road The emigrants' return from Abyssinia to Khaybar The road to Khaybar The expedition of Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas to al-Kharrar The expedition of Safwan From Sanaa to Aden on Ibn Battuta's journey From Sicily to Granada on Ibn Jubayr's return road Khadija's trade journey to al-Sham with Maysara Abu Talib's journey with the youth to Busra From Tabriz to Mosul and Diyar Bakr, then back to Baghdad The march to Tabuk and back From Tlemcen to Cairo on Ibn Battuta's road from the Maghreb The expedition of Ubayda ibn al-Harith to Batn Rabigh The march from Medina to Uhud

Choose a route or a name to see its stations in order.

Journeys by kind

Migrations

Travels

Pilgrim roads

Trade routes

Campaigns and expeditions

Not yet on the map · 1

1 journeys have fewer than two stations with coordinates, so they are listed here and not drawn.

DraftWritten with AI help from the sources it cites, and not yet read by a human editor.

Migrations · 3

Travels · 11

Pilgrim roads · 11

Trade routes · 2

Campaigns and expeditions · 23