῾Abd al-Ganī al-Nābulusī (d. 1143 h. / 1731 ad): the “riḥla” beyond the patterns of the genre.

Abstract

The sufi polygraph author al-Nābulusī made several journeys through some of the islamic Eastern countries. The accounts of his travels show a different perspective within the tradition of Arab travel literature. Through the comparison with the descriptions of some places in Syria and Jerusalem made by Ibn Baṭṭūṭa -and, to a lesser extent, other authors-, we will emphasize the contrasting quality of the features which characterize al-Nābulusī´s accounts in order to elucidate whether the sufi riḥla can be considered a subgenre of Arab travel literature.

Keywords

• nābulusī
• sufismo
• literatura de viajes
• riḥla
• jerusalén