Description
This valuable research volume examines the texts of travelers who journeyed—whether within or beyond the borders of the Islamic world—whose travels are documented in historiographical works, biographical dictionaries, or their own personal writings.
Moving beyond the study of individual authors, the researcher undertakes a comprehensive analysis of these texts, exploring several key questions: What did the authors choose to record from their journeys? What were their sources? What images of the world they witnessed do they reflect? And what were the underlying motivations—ranging from religious beliefs and material values to cultural heritage and accumulated knowledge—that drove them?
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