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An excerpt from the Safar-nama of Nasir Khusraw:

“Afterwards I went to Shuburghan and spent the night in a village in Faryab. From there I went via Samangan and Talaqan to Marw Rud and thence to Merv. Taking leave from my job, I announced that I was setting out for the pilgrimage to Mecca. I settled what debts I owed and renounced everything worldly, except for a few necessities.”

Source: Thackston, W. Wheeler McIntosh, ed. trans., Nasir-i Khusraw’s Book of Travels (Costa Mesa, CA: Mazda Publishers, 2010), 2.

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An excerpt from the Safar-nama of Nasir Khusraw

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Credit

The Institute of Ismaili Studies would like to thank all individuals and organisations who contributed to the digital adaptation of Nasir-i Khusraw's travel map. Special thanks go to Shafiq Alibhai; Rasool Daya; Nazira Lakhoo; Altaf Samnani; Russell Harris; Ghazaleh Moradian; Dr. Alice Hunsberger and Professor Eric Ormsby for sharing their time and expertise. To bring the production alive, we have utilised images and references from the Institute’s publications as well as the following sources: Encyclopedia of Islam; Encyclopedia Iranica; Mazda Publishers; Visual archives of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Fine Arts Library-Harvard College, The British Library, Library of Congress, Ashmolean Museum, British Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and several individual photographers.

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