Customs and Traditions in the Levant during the Ayyoubi and Mamlouki Times as mentioned in the Arab Muslim Travelers' and Geographers' sources(1174-1516 AD/ 570-923 H).

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Yarmouk University/Department of History/Associate Professor

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The study aims at exploring customs and traditions in the Levant during the Ayyoubi and Mamlouki times. The importance of this study derives from the novelty of the topic and its dwelling on the basic, natural observations as well as the folktales that the Arab Muslim travelers and geographers have put into writing. The study concluded that the most dominant customs and traditions pursued in the Levant by Muslims and non-Muslims living in an Islamic state are multi-faceted and salient in various fields. As far as religion is concerned, the Arab Muslims and non-Muslims in the Levant expressed their affinity of religion through visiting the holy sites, places of worship, and frequenting caves, pools, and so did with the tombs of the Prophets,  the companions, and the most righteous. Let alone pious visitation that they paid for the shrines of Muslim saints and revered where they offered sacrificial animals and fulfilled their pledges. The study also pointed out health-related habits that would ward off chronic diseases by making use of the Islamic state's hot springs
 
 
 

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