The Arabic travel literature has an important position because it
combines between benefit and entertainment.
AL Abdari's account of his long journey is an outstanding model of
travel literature from the Andalus and Magreb Arabic literatures. His
account of the journey presents a clear picture of scientific activities in
every place that Al Abdari visited it West and East; It also reflects Al
Abdari wide knowledge, and superb poetic talents. This account is an
important source of information about the cultural life at the end of
seventh century of Hijra, as Al Abdari started it in 688 hijri and he ended
it in 691 hijri; therefore, it is considered as an important source in
science, literature, and history to all who wrote after him like, Ibn
Battouta, and Abd Asslam AL Nasiri because the account contains lot of
important historical information and wonderful poems.
The subject of this essay is to study the importance of this travel
account and to highlight the broad knowledge and great efforts of AL
Abdari and other scientists to spread knowledge and learning everywhere
