Mecca and Medina in the writings of Andalusian historians (Lisan al-Din Ibn al-Khatib, d. 776 AH/1374 CE) as a model
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Abstract
This study deals with the references mentioned in the writings of the Andalusian historian Lisan al-Din Ibn al-Khatib (d. 776 AH/1374 AD), through which the researcher was able to extract the importance and status of The land of the two holy mosques in his writings, especially the scientific status, and the role of the scholars of the Hijaz in transferring sciences and knowledge through what was mentioned in the biographies of Muslim scholars who visited the The land of the two holy mosques or the scholars of the The land of the two holy mosques themselves. The source of the study is the works of Lisan al-Din Ibn al-Khatib, the most important of which is his book Al-Ihata fi Akhbar Granada, and the references mentioned in it in the biographies of Muslim scholars who visited Granada and had visited the Hijaz, or the Granadan scholars who visited the Hijaz. The researcher monitored these references and collected them in one topic about the status of the Hijaz in Ibn al-Khatib’s mind and the scientific status of the Hijaz through these references. The study is divided into three sections. The first section is entitled “Lisan al-Din Ibn al-Khatib.” The second section is entitled “The Sanctity of the Lands of the Mecca and Medina.” The third section is entitled “The Scientific Status of the Lands of the Mecca and Medina.”