In the year 1183, a scholar from the sunlit cities of Muslim Spain set out on the journey of a lifetime — a pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca. The Journey of Ibn Jubayr, newly rendered in clear, present-day English, is his vivid account of that two-year odyssey across the medieval world: from Granada to the ports of North Africa, down the Nile, across the Red Sea, and through the sacred cities of Arabia, before a long return home through Iraq, Syria, and the island kingdom of Sicily. Ibn Jubayr's eyes miss nothing — the bustle of Cairo's markets, the towering Kaaba at the heart of the Great Mosque, the generosity of strangers, the storms of the Red Sea, and the strange coexistence of crusaders and Muslims in the Holy Land. Faithful to the original's meaning and spirit, this edition makes a timeless spiritual classic feel immediate and alive for today's reader. Part of The Sacred Wisdom Library.