More than one route
After the Meccan phase, Ibn al-ʿArabī travelled among eastern cities, including Baghdad and Mosul, and through Anatolia and Syria. The biography describes overlapping periods, returns and temporary residences. A single straight route would hide this complexity and the different reasons for travel.
People and the setting of books
Relationships with Majd al-Dīn Isḥāq, Badr al-Ḥabashī, Ibn Sawdakīn and others reveal transmission as a living practice of companionship, correspondence, reading and instruction. A city in a book title may connect it with a stage of composition, but cannot by itself date every part. Detailed claims require biographical evidence, manuscript witnesses or audition records.
Konya and transmission
Konya became especially important to the reception of the writings through Ṣadr al-Dīn al-Qūnawī, his library and scholarly connections. This links the author’s life with the history of preserving his books. Continue with the Akbarian tradition and manuscripts, then Damascus, the setting of his final major period of work.
Sources and further reading
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