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• The Early Abbasid Caliphate c. 750 CE · 133 AH — between 852 and 855 CE 14 stops Start the journey
• The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks c. 1153 CE · c. 548 AH — 1240 CE · 638 AH 14 stops Start the journey
• The Prophetic Era c. 610 CE — c. 631 CE · 9 AH 14 stops Start the journey
• The Rashidun Caliphate c. 632 CE · c. 11 AH — c. 650 CE · c. 30 AH 14 stops Start the journey
• Al-Biruni, Muhammad ibn Ahmad 973 CE · 362 AH — 1051 CE · 442 AH 7 stops Start the journey
• al-Farabi c. 878 CE · c. 264 AH† — c. 950 CE · 339 AH 4 stops Start the journey
• Al-Idrisi, Muhammad ibn Abd Allah 1100 CE · 493 AH — 1164 CE · 560 AH 4 stops Start the journey
• al-Khwarizmi 780 CE · 164 AH — 850 CE · 235 AH 5 stops Start the journey
• al-Zahir Rukn al-Din Baybars c. 1223 CE · c. 620 AH† — 1277 CE · 676 AH 16 stops Start the journey
• Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen) c. 965 CE · c. 354 AH† — c. 1040 CE · c. 431 AH† 4 stops Start the journey
• Ibn Battuta, Muhammad ibn Abd Allah 1304 CE · 703 AH — 1374 CE · 776 AH 8 stops Start the journey
• Ibn Jubayr, Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Kinani 1183 CE · Safar 578 AH — 1185 CE · 581 AH 7 stops Start the journey
• ابن رشد الحفيد 1126 CE · c. 520 AH — 1198 CE · c. 595 AH 6 stops Start the journey
• Mansa Musa c. 1280 CE · c. 679 AH† — c. 1337 CE · c. 737 AH 5 stops Start the journey
• السلطان محمد الفاتح c. 1432 CE · 835 AH — 3 May 1481 CE · 4 Rabi' I 886 AH 10 stops Start the journey
• Saladin (Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub) between 1137 and 1138 CE · c. 532 AH — 4 March 1193 CE · c. 589 AH 16 stops Start the journey
• سليمان القانوني c. 1494 CE · c. 900 AH — 1566 CE · 974 AH 10 stops Start the journey
• طغرل بك c. 993 CE · c. 383 AH† — c. 1063 CE · c. 455 AH 13 stops Start the journey

People

• Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan c. 637 CE · c. 16 AH — 703 CE · 84 AH 9 stops
• Abd Allah al-Ma'mun ibn Harun al-Rashid c. 14 September 786 CE · 14 Rabi' I 170 AH — c. 838 CE · c. 223 AH 12 stops
• Abu Bakr al-Siddiq c. 573 CE — August 634 CE · Jumada II 13 AH 16 stops
• Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah c. 583 CE — 639 CE · 18 AH† 16 stops
• Al-Biruni, Muhammad ibn Ahmad 973 CE · 362 AH — 1051 CE · 442 AH 7 stops
• al-Farabi c. 878 CE · c. 264 AH† — c. 950 CE · 339 AH 4 stops
• Abu Hamid al-Ghazali 1058 CE · 450 AH† — c. 1111 CE · c. 505 AH 6 stops
• Al-Idrisi, Muhammad ibn Abd Allah 1100 CE · 493 AH — 1164 CE · 560 AH 4 stops
• al-Khwarizmi 780 CE · 164 AH — 850 CE · 235 AH 5 stops
• Abu Ja'far al-Mansur c. 653 CE · 33 AH — c. October 775 CE · Dhu al-Hijja 158 AH 14 stops
• Ali ibn Abi Talib c. 600 CE — January 661 CE · Ramadan 40 AH 16 stops
• Amr ibn al-As c. 573 CE — c. 663 CE · c. 43 AH† 12 stops
• al-Zahir Rukn al-Din Baybars c. 1223 CE · c. 620 AH† — 1277 CE · 676 AH 16 stops
• Harun al-Rashid 640 CE · 20 AH — c. March 809 CE · 3 Jumada II 193 AH 14 stops
• Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen) c. 965 CE · c. 354 AH† — c. 1040 CE · c. 431 AH† 4 stops
• Ibn Battuta, Muhammad ibn Abd Allah 1304 CE · 703 AH — 1374 CE · 776 AH 8 stops
• Ibn Jubayr, Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Kinani 1183 CE · Safar 578 AH — 1185 CE · 581 AH 7 stops
• Ibn Khaldun 1332 CE · 732 AH — 1406 CE · 808 AH 4 stops
• ابن رشد الحفيد 1126 CE · c. 520 AH — 1198 CE · c. 595 AH 6 stops
• Ibn Sina (Avicenna) c. 980 CE · c. 370 AH — June 1037 CE · Ramadan 428 AH 7 stops
• Khadija bint Khuwaylid c. 555 CE — c. April 619 CE 8 stops
• Khalid ibn al-Walid c. 585 CE — 642 CE · 21 AH† 16 stops
• Mansa Musa c. 1280 CE · c. 679 AH† — c. 1337 CE · c. 737 AH 5 stops
• السلطان محمد الفاتح c. 1432 CE · 835 AH — 3 May 1481 CE · 4 Rabi' I 886 AH 10 stops
• Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan c. 12 April 634 CE · 1 Muharram 13 AH — c. 670 CE · 50 AH 14 stops
• Nur al-Din Mahmud ibn Zangi c. December 1117 CE · Shawwal 511 AH — c. 1174 CE · 569 AH 14 stops
• Saladin (Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub) between 1137 and 1138 CE · c. 532 AH — 4 March 1193 CE · c. 589 AH 16 stops
• سليمان القانوني c. 1494 CE · c. 900 AH — 1566 CE · 974 AH 10 stops
• طغرل بك c. 993 CE · c. 383 AH† — c. 1063 CE · c. 455 AH 13 stops
• Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz 640 CE · 20 AH — February 720 CE · Rajab 101 AH 11 stops
• Umar ibn al-Khattab c. 584 CE — November 644 CE · Dhu al-Qa'da 23 AH 16 stops
• Umar Khayyam 1048 CE · 439 AH — 1131 CE · 526 AH 4 stops
• Uthman ibn Affan c. 576 CE — 17 June 656 CE · 18 Dhu al-Hijja 35 AH 16 stops

Eras

• The Early Abbasid Caliphate c. 750 CE · 133 AH — between 852 and 855 CE 14 stops
• The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks c. 1153 CE · c. 548 AH — 1240 CE · 638 AH 14 stops
• The Gunpowder Empires 1499 CE · 904 AH† — June 1581 CE · Jumada II 989 AH 14 stops
• The Prophetic Era c. 610 CE — c. 631 CE · 9 AH 14 stops
• The Rashidun Caliphate c. 632 CE · c. 11 AH — c. 650 CE · c. 30 AH 14 stops
• The Umayyad Period c. 670 CE · 50 AH — c. 750 CE · 133 AH 14 stops
• Mamluk Sultanate c. 3 September 1260 CE · 15 Ramadan 658 AH — 1517 CE · 923 AH† 13 stops

Places

• Bayt al-Hikma — the House of Wisdom c. 790 CE · c. 174 AH† — c. 835 CE · c. 220 AH† 5 stops
• Great Mosque of Córdoba 785 CE · 169 AH — c. 987 CE · c. 377 AH† 5 stops
• al-Andalus 647 CE · 27 AH — c. 1179 CE · c. 575 AH† 14 stops
• Baghdad c. 633 CE · c. 12 AH† — January 1060 CE · 25 Dhu al-Qa'da 451 AH 14 stops
• Cairo c. 1010 CE · c. 400 AH† — c. August 1169 CE · c. 1 Dhu al-Qa'da 564 AH 5 stops
• Cordoba c. 711 CE · c. 92 AH — c. May 1239 CE · 23 Shawwal 636 AH 9 stops
• Damascus c. 19 March 635 CE · Jumada I 14 AH — c. 706 CE · 87 AH 5 stops
• Delhi 1342 CE · c. 742 AH — 1857 CE · 1273 AH† 10 stops
• Fes 808 CE · 193 AH — 1576 CE · 984 AH† 5 stops
• Granada 1018 CE · 409 AH† — c. 1609 CE · c. 1017 AH 9 stops
• Jerusalem c. 621 CE — 21 August 1969 CE · 8 Jumada II 1389 AH† 13 stops
• Mecca c. 610 CE — March 632 CE · Dhu al-Hijja 10 AH 14 stops
• Nishapur 657 CE · 37 AH — 1755 CE · 1168 AH† 7 stops
• Samarqand c. 1141 CE · 536 AH — c. 1420 CE · 823 AH 4 stops
• Timbuktu c. 1312 CE · c. 712 AH† — 1468 CE · 873 AH 4 stops

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