Andalusia through the eyes of Late Medieval itinerants and geographers

The Islamic history of al-Andalus, which comprises a crucial phase in the whole Islamic history, and the rich lands of al-Andalus became a source of inspiration fort his study. Based on reliable sources, the present study aims to give solid information about the lands of al-Andalus. Al-Andalus was analyzed with the eye of late medieval itinerants and geographers in this thesis. Al-Andalus is a place which conquered by Muslims in 711. In 1492, the last piece of land; Gırnata was taken from Muslims and Islamic dominance ended in Iberian peninsula. As long as it was dominated by Islam, Muslims established a beatiful civilization with Jews and Chiristians who were ming in the same region. Muslims much contributed education, agriculture, trade and production of al-Andalus. This study was written based on the books of late medieval Age itinerants and geographers. Reliable and precise information was used in the study. General information about Al-Andalus was given. Knowledge was conveyed about its geography, economy, religion and the cities. In order to increase the accuracy of the information, current studies were also used.