flag carried by pilgrim caravans to Mecca
URI https://medievalmideast.org/practice/965
Names
- Arabic: العلم = al-ʿalam 1
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| Event Description | Date | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| before 1354 CE | 1354-1356 | early 1180 A.H. / 1766 | 1997 |
Sources
- 1Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūṭa: al-musammāt Tuḥfat al-niẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, edited by ʿAbd al-Hādī al-Tāzī (al-Ribāṭ: Akādīmiyyat al-Mamlaka al-Maghribiyya, 1417 H [1996-97]), 1:171 [Arabic].
- flag: H. A. R. Gibb, C. F. Beckingham, and A. D. H. Bivar, trans., The Travels of Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, A.D. 1325-1354 (London: The Hakluyt Society, 1958-2000), I, 17 [English].
How to Cite This Entry
Thomas A. Carlson, “flag carried by pilgrim caravans to Mecca” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/practice/965.
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- Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML and categorization, matching, Arabic collection and transliteration from Ibn Baṭṭūṭa's travel account