{"product_id":"the-travels-of-ibn-jubayr","title":"The Travels of Ibn Jubayr","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: R J C Broadhurst\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Goodword books\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2001\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 430\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 8187570555\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten more than eight hundred years ago and now translated into English, this is the first-hand account of a wise and scholarly Spanish Muslim's pilgrimage to Makkah and Madinah, the holy cities of Islam.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBesides pilgrimage to Makkah and Madinah, this work narrates Ibn Jubayar's travels to Baghdad, the city of the Caliphs, to the first onslaught of Saladin, and to the island of Sicily at its most splendid Norman-Saracen period under a dynasty of Norse brigands.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe reader is kept closely en rapport with the original author, the translation being as exact as English syntax and style will permit, abiding faithfully by the words, arrangement and imagery, and following the rigorous cannons of oriental scholarship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book is provided with full notes that include not only those of a specialist character that a scholarly work of this type requires but also those will help and even entertain the general reader. A glossary explains the Arabic words that most appear in the text, and a comprehensive introduction sets the scene and describes the dramatis personae.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eItinerary\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Chronicle, divided into Monthly Records of Events and Places Visited, as shown in Itinerary\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eGlossary of Technical and Arabic Words\u003cbr\u003eIndex of Persons\u003cbr\u003eIndes of Places\u003cbr\u003eWestern Forms of Names Occuring in the Text\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"R J C Broadhurst \/ Goodword books \/ Paperback","offer_id":68153723879792,"sku":"8479","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/8479.jpg?v=1793913134","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/the-travels-of-ibn-jubayr","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}