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Richard Francis Burton
British explorer, army officer, writer and scholar (1821–1890)
Johann Ludwig Burckhardt
Swiss traveller and writer (1784-1817)
Ibn Jubayr
Arab traveller and geographer
Ludovico di Varthema
Italian explorer
Georg August Wallin
Finnish orientalist (1811–1852)
Ali Bey al-Abbasi
Spanish explorer who witnessed the Saudi conquest of Mecca in 1807
rihla
Riḥla () refers to both a journey and the written account of that journey, or travelogue. It constitutes a genre of Arabic literature. Associated with the medieval Islamic notion of "travel in search of knowledge" (الرحلة في طلب العلم), the riḥla as a genre of medieval and early-modern Arabic literature usually describes a journey taken with the intent of performing the Hajj, but can include an itinerary that vastly exceeds that original route. The classical riḥla in medieval Arabic travel literature, like those written by Ibn Battuta (known commonly as The Rihla) and Ibn Jubayr, includes a de
Safarnama
Safarnāma () is a book of travel literature written during the 11th century by Nasir Khusraw (1003–1077). It is also known as the Book of Travels. It is an account of Khusraw's seven-year journey through the Islamic world. He initially set out on a Hajj, the obligatory Pilgrimage to Mecca. Departing on 5 March 1046, Khusraw took a less than direct route, heading north toward the Caspian Sea. Throughout his travels he kept a minutely detailed journal which clearly describes many facets of life in the Islamic world of the 11th Century.
Mosque Me Too
MosqueMeToo is a Muslim women's movement where female pilgrims speak up about sexual abuse, such as being groped, inappropriately touched or having someone rub against them in the crowd, experienced on the Hajj, the Islamic pilgrimage to one of Islam's holiest places, Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The movement spread to Muslim women sharing sexual abuse experiences at other Muslim religious centers and holy places across the world such as at Jama Masjid, New Delhi, India. The usage of the 'Me Too' in the movement stems from the Me Too movement, which gained worldwide prominence in October 2017, and is
Anis Al-Hujjaj
17th century literary work describing a Hajj pilgrimage
Zainab Cobbold
British Muslim aristocrat
Futuh al-Haramayn
guidebook for Hajj pilgrims