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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ibn Jubayr has received more than 217,331 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Ibn Jubayr is the 19th most popular geographer, the 256th most popular biography from Spain (up from 284th 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 19 out of 86. Before him are Ya'qubi, Georg Joachim Rheticus, George Everest, Pomponius Mela, Ibn Khordadbeh, and Paul Vidal de La Blache. After him are James Lovelock, Sebastian Münster, David Harvey, Al-Bakri, Élisée Reclus, and Abraham Cresques.

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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, Marie of France, Countess of Champagne, Maria of Antioch, Najm al-Din Kubra, Shihab al-Din 'Umar al-Suhrawardi, Mikhail of Vladimir, Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad, Margaret I, Countess of Flanders, and Sven Aggesen. Among people deceased in 1217, Ibn Jubayr ranks 2. Before him is Niketas Choniates. After him are Henry I of Castile, Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia, Lembitu, Caupo of Turaida, Inge II of Norway, Isabella, Countess of Gloucester, David of Dinant, Philip Simonsson, and Alexander Neckam.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Ibn Jubayr ranks 256 out of 3,355. Before him are María Isabella of Spain (1789), Francisco de Vitoria (1483), Andrés Segovia (1893), Alfonso III of Aragon (1265), Fernando Rey (1917), and Javier Bardem (1969). After him are Juan Luis Vives (1492), Lope de Aguirre (1518), Andrés Iniesta (1984), Wittiza (687), Raymond of Penyafort (1175), and Vicente Aleixandre (1898).

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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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