Status Updates From رحلة ابن جبير وهي الرسالة ا...

My Ramadan read this year is this incredible Rihla from the 6thC AH, written by the Andalusi scholar, poet & geographer Ibn Jubayr on his way to Hajj.

I’ve just finished reading the 1st stage of his journey - from Granada to Alexandria by sea, & then south through Egypt (which was ruled at the time by none other than Salah Al-Din!! RA), coming to the port city of ‘Aydhab & then across Bahr Fir’awn to Jiddah.