1. Muslim Cities of the Post-Classical Age
... Muslim traveler and geographer Ibn Jubayr's (Doc #1) description of Damascus as a highly honored, blessed, and heavenly city of Allah where Jesus and Mary took refuge in reflects the city's importance in Islam culture as a religious sacred site, which shows that Muslim cities during the Post-Classical Age ... Age were also crucial hearts of economy, especially trades in the Muslim world. Persian Muslim traveler and Ismaili spy Nasier Khusraw's (Doc #3) report on Cairo depicts a vivid prosperous image of the Muslim city of Cairo as an active trading city, with all the services like ca...
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