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Nasir Khusraw 3: Makkah and the Way Home

Nasir Khusraw 3: Makkah and the Way Home

Update: 2025-03-31
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The conclusion of Nasir Khusraw's story, following his repeated trips from Cairo to Makkah, his struggles in crossing the Arabian Peninsula, and then his journey toward Khorasan.


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Sources:


  • Hunsberger, Alice C. Nasir Khusraw, the Ruby of Badakhshan: A Portrait of the Persian Poet, Traveller and Philosopher. Bloomsbury Academic, 2002.

  • Khusraw, Nasir. Nāṣer-e Khosraw's Book of Travels, translated by Wheeler McIntosh Thackston. Bibliotheca Persica, 1986.

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Nasir Khusraw 3: Makkah and the Way Home

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