Al-Masjid al-Haram: Difference between revisions

There is a great deal of information about [[Mecca]] and Masjid al-Haram in the travel literature. Most travel logbooks in this literature are reports of their authors' [[hajj]] pilgrimage, containing information about Masjid al-Haram as well. Two of the most important and the oldest hajj logbooks, containing precious historical information, are ''Tadhkir bi al-akhbar 'an ittifaqat al-amsar'' by Ibn Jubayr (450-614 A.H./ 1145-1217) and ''Tuhfa al-nuzzar'' by [[Ibn Batuta]] (d. 779 A.H./ 1369).

Iranian Shiites have shared a lot of information about Masjid al-Haram in their hajj logbooks. Some important works in this literature are ''Safarnama'' by [[Nasir Khusrow]] (d. 481 A.H./ 1088), ''Safarnama'' by [[Farhad Mirza Mu'tamad al-Dawla]] (d. 1305 A.H./ 1887), and ''Madina al-salam'' by Hisam al-Saltana (d. 1300 A.H./ 1882).