Ibn al-Mujawir
Ibn al-Mujawir | |
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| أبو الفتح جمال الدين يوسف بن يعقوب ابن محمد | |
| Born | 1205 |
| Died | 1292 |
| Occupation(s) | Geographer, Traveler, businessman |
| Notable work | Tarikh al-Mustansir |
Abu al-Fath Jamal al-Din Yusuf bin Yaqoub bin Muhammad (
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He travelled from Mecca south through the Red Sea, and along the southern coast of the Arabian Peninsula to the Persian Gulf. In Aden, at that time at the beginning of its medieval prosperity under the Ayyubids, he observed the activities of the port to report on its administration, taxes, markets, customs, currency, weights and measures. His route then continued along the southern coast of Arabia, where he described the historical connections of the Gulf of Aden to India adapting the Indian epic of the Ramayana.[2]
He described the habits of the people: buildings, dress, agriculture, food and history. He also had an ear for their manners, tales and myths.
Notes and references
- ^ "Tâ'rîkh al-mustabṣir - Chronicle of an observer". uk.drouot.com. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
- ^ Menon, G ShreeKumar (7 August 2018). "Ibn Al Mujawir's Hanuman Tunnel". Mangalore Today. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
- OCLC 1028048593.)
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- ^ Tim Mackintosh-Smith (January–April 2009), "Review article: Ibn al-Mujawir", Bibliotheca Orientalis (book review), vol. LXVI, no. 1–2, retrieved 2023-01-20
Reviewed work: Oscar Löfgren's (2008). G. Rex Smith (ed.). A Traveller in Thirteenth-Century Arabia: Ibn al-Mujawir's Tarikh al-Mustabsir. London: Ashgate Publishing Ltd.ISSN 0072-9396.
Further reading
- G. Rex Smith, A Traveller in Thirteenth-Century Arabia / Ibn al-Mujawir's Tarikh al-Mustabsir, 2022, ISBN 9781032293240.
- Shahla Bakhtiari, The Theoretical Approach of Ibn al-Mujawir in Tarikh al-Mustabsir, Teheran, 2020.
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