Abu al-Husayn Muhammad ibn Ahmad Ibn Jubayr

ابن جبير الكناني (Known as "Ibn Jubayr")

Geographer, Chronicler of Travels, Almohad Chancery Secretary

Born September 1145

Valencia (Moroccan Almohad Realm), Morocco

Passed Away Nov 29, 1217 Alexandria (en route to Fez), Egypt

Lifespan 72 years old

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"The wanderer sees the worlds of God and writes so that the settled may understand His infinite creation."

Archival Overview

Pioneering travel writer and Almohad civil servant whose Rihla established the classical Arabic travelogue genre, chronicling the Mediterranean world, Mecca, and North Africa.

Biographical Record

Abu al-Husayn Ibn Jubayr served as secretary in the Almohad chancery before undertaking his celebrated journey to Mecca between 1183 and 1185. His travelogue, Rihlat Ibn Jubayr, created the benchmark for Maghrebi travel literature with its vivid geographical observations, descriptions of Crusader and Ayyubid societies, and seafaring tribulations.

His detailed writings provided the Almohad administration and Moroccan scholars with unmatched geographical intelligence, inspiring subsequent generations of Maghrebi travel writers including Ibn Battuta.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial

Al-Ghuraba Cemetery
Alexandria, Egypt

                         GPS: 31.2001, 29.9187                    

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