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There is a great deal of information about [[Mecca]] and al-Masjid al-Haram in the travel literature. Most travel logbooks in this literature are reports of their authors' [[hajj]] pilgrimage, containing information about al-Masjid al-Haram as well. Two of the most important and the oldest hajj logbooks, containing precious historical information, are ''Tadhkir bi l-akhbar 'an ittifaqat al-amsar'' by Ibn Jubayr ([[540]]-[[614]]/1145-6 - 1217-8) and ''Tuhfa al-nuzzar'' by Ibn Battuta (d. [[779]]/1377-8). | There is a great deal of information about [[Mecca]] and al-Masjid al-Haram in the travel literature. Most travel logbooks in this literature are reports of their authors' [[hajj]] pilgrimage, containing information about al-Masjid al-Haram as well. Two of the most important and the oldest hajj logbooks, containing precious historical information, are ''Tadhkir bi l-akhbar 'an ittifaqat al-amsar'' by Ibn Jubayr ([[540]]-[[614]]/1145-6 - 1217-8) and ''Tuhfa al-nuzzar'' by Ibn Battuta (d. [[779]]/1377-8). | ||
[[Iran|Iranian]] | [[Iran|Iranian]] [[Shiite]] have shared a lot of information about al-Masjid al-Haram in their hajj logbooks. Some important works in this literature are ''Safarnama'' by [[Nasir Khusru]] (d. [[481]]/1088-9), ''Safarnama'' by [[Farhad Mirza Mu'tamad al-Dawla]] (d. [[1305]]/1887-8), and ''Dalil al-anam fi sabil ziyarat bayt Allah al-Haram wa l-Quds al-sharif wa madinat al-salam'' by Hisam al-Saltana (d. [[1300]]/1882-3). | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== |