Who are the most famous Arab travelers throughout history?

Who are the most famous Arab travelers throughout history? The Arabs, who were famous for nomads and nomads, and some of whom practiced traveling to discover the worlds of this planet, which was unknown before the advent of satellites and exploration voyages.

Who are the most famous Arab travelers throughout history?

Ibn battouta

Ibn Battuta is perhaps the most famous Arab traveler of all time. Ibn Battuta began his numerous journeys with the pilgrimage to Mecca in 1325, that is, before he was 22 years old. He then traveled around the world before returning and dying in his country around 1368-69. Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta was born in Tangiers, Morocco in 1304, and was a geographer, judge, botanist, and most importantly, he was a traveler. At the request of the Sultan Abu Enan Faris bin Ali, Ibn Battuta dictated his travels to a clerk in the Sultan’s court called Ibn al-Jawzi, and this is what preserved Ibn Battuta’s travels over the years. For millions to read over the years. Ibn Battuta has gone through many ups and downs during his journey, to work as a judge one day and become a fugitive from justice on another day, with nothing of the wreckage of the world but his robe, and despite all these ups and downs, he did not lose his passion for travel and discovery. He did not rest in silence when his conditions were stable and did not lose the love of adventure when the world turned in him. If we can learn something from Ibn Battuta's travels, it is to never lose our true passion.

Ibn Majid

Shihab al-Din Ahmad bin Majid al-Najdi was born into a family of sailors in the early 1430s in a small city that is now part of the United Arab Emirates, although at the time it belonged to Oman. He learned from a young age the arts of sailing in addition to learning the Qur’an, and this education later shaped his life as a sailor and writer. Ibn Majid was a navigator, cartographer, explorer, writer and poet. He wrote many books on navigation and sailing, as well as many poems. Ibn Majid was called the Lion of the Seas, and many believe that he was the one who helped Vasco de Gama to find his way from the East African coast to India via the Cape of Good Hope, and others believe that he is the real Sinbad who built It is the stories of Sinbad the Sailor. Whatever the certain fact that he was a legendary sailor, his books are real gems in sailing that have contributed to the drawing of many maps. The date of Ibn Majid's death is uncertain, although it was probably in 1500, as this is the date of his last poems, after which nothing was written.

Ibn Hawqal

  Muhammad Abu al-Qasim Ibn Hawqal was born and raised in Iraq. Since his childhood, he was passionate about reading about travel and journeys, and learning about how different tribes and other nations around the world lived. Therefore, when he grew up, he decided to spend his life traveling and learning more about other peoples. He traveled for the first time in 1943, and toured many countries, even having to travel on foot sometimes. The countries he visited include North Africa, Egypt, Syria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Iran, and finally Sicily, where his news is cut off. Ibn Hawqal collected his travels in his famous book The Paths and Kingdoms, and although Ibn Hawqal mentioned a detailed description of all the countries he visited, some authors do not take that description seriously because he loved He mentioned the anecdotes that he encounters and the funny and humorous stories. And whether his description of the country is accurate or just an impression of the place, this does not negate that he was and still is one of the most famous Arab travelers.

Ibn Jubayr

Ibn Jubayr was a geographer, traveler and poet from Andalusia, where he was born in Valencia. Ibn Jubayr's travels describe the pilgrimage he made from 1183 to 1185 when he traveled from Granada to Mecca, passing through many countries back and forth. Ibn Jubayr mentions a detailed description of all the countries he passed through. The importance of Ibn Jubayr's stories is also due to the fact that he describes the condition of many cities that were formerly part of Andalusia before returning to the rule of the Christian kings at that time. It also describes the conditions of Egypt under the leadership of Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi. Perhaps Ibn Jubayr did not travel on a large number of trips like some Arab travelers, but his trip is very important and adds a lot to history.