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See also:IBN JUBAIR [.See also:Abu-1 Ijusain Mahommed ibn Ahmad ibn Jubair] (1145-1217) , Arabian geographer, was See also:born in See also:Valencia . At See also:Granada he studied the See also:Koran, tradition, See also:law and literature, and later became secretary to the Mohad See also:governor of that See also:city . During this See also:time he composed many poems . In 1183 he See also:left the See also:court and travelled to See also:Alexandria, See also:Jerusalem, See also:Medina, See also:Mecca, See also:Damascus, See also:Mosul and See also:Bagdad, returning in 1185 by way of See also:Sicily . The Travels of See also:Ibn Jubair were edited by W . See also:Wright (See also:Leiden, 1852) ; and a new edition of this See also:text, revised by M . J. de See also:Goeje, was published by the Gibb Trustees (See also:London, 1907) . The See also:part See also:relating to Sicily was published, with See also:French See also:translation and notes, by M . See also:Amari in the See also:Journal asiatique (1845—1846) and a French translation alone of the same part by G . Crolla in Museon, vi . 123-132 . (G . W . |
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