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Ibn Jubayr

1145 - 1217

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Ibn Jubayr (1 September 1145 – 29 November 1217; Arabic: ابن جبير), also written Ibn Jubair, Ibn Jobair, and Ibn Djubayr, was an Arab geographer, traveller and poet from al-Andalus. His travel chronicle describes the pilgrimage he made to Mecca from 1183 to 1185, in the years preceding the Third Crusade. His chronicle describes Saladin's domains in Egypt and the Levant which he passed through on his way to Mecca. Further, on his return journey, he passed through Christian Sicily, which had been recaptured from the Muslims only a century before, and he made several observations on the hybrid polyglot culture that flourished there. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ibn Jubayr is the 20th most popular geographer (down from 19th in 2019), the 282nd most popular biography from Spain (down from 256th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Spanish Geographer.

Ibn Jubayr was a medieval traveler and author who is most famous for his account of his pilgrimage to Mecca and his travels in the Middle East.

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Among GEOGRAPHERS

Among geographers, Ibn Jubayr ranks 20 out of 86. Before him are George Everest, Ya'qubi, Georg Joachim Rheticus, Ibn Khordadbeh, Pomponius Mela, and Paul Vidal de La Blache. After him are Al-Bakri, William Morris Davis, Élisée Reclus, Fra Mauro, James Lovelock, and Zakariya al-Qazwini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1145, Ibn Jubayr ranks 3. Before him are Attar of Nishapur, and Al-Adil I. After him are Sverre of Norway, Margaret I, Countess of Flanders, Marie of France, Countess of Champagne, Maria of Antioch, Theodora Komnene, Queen of Jerusalem, Najm al-Din Kubra, Shihab al-Din 'Umar al-Suhrawardi, Mikhail of Vladimir, and Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad. Among people deceased in 1217, Ibn Jubayr ranks 4. Before him are Niketas Choniates, Inge II of Norway, and Isabella, Countess of Gloucester. After him are Henry I of Castile, Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia, Lembitu, Caupo of Turaida, David of Dinant, Alexander Neckam, and Philip Simonsson.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Ibn Jubayr ranks 282 out of 3,355. Before him are Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona (1114), Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira (1542), Brunhilda of Austrasia (543), Luis de la Fuente (1961), Maria Luisa, Duchess of Lucca (1782), and Ruy López de Segura (1530). After him are Vicente Yáñez Pinzón (1460), Ferdinand II of León (1137), Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (1488), Ibn al-Baitar (1197), Rafael Nadal (1986), and Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros (1436).

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Among GEOGRAPHERS In Spain

Among geographers born in Spain, Ibn Jubayr ranks 3. Before him are Muhammad al-Idrisi (1100), and Pomponius Mela (15). After him are Al-Bakri (1014), Abraham Cresques (1325), and Jehuda Cresques (1350).

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