1. Muslim Cities of the Post-Classical Age
... poetry that attracted people of intellect and learning resided there. Spanish 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 strengthened Islam by ... world in the city wealthy. But he also mentions that the inhabitants of Tabriz, in general, were poor, and that's where his observation stops, mostly because he's a traveller who...
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