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 "id": "event/samani-first-rihla-529",
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 "slug": "samani-first-rihla-529",
 "label": {
  "ar": "الرحلة الكبرى الأولى للسمعاني في طلب الحديث، ٥٢٩-٥٣٨هـ/١١٣٥-١١٤٣م",
  "en": "Al-Sam'ani's first great hadith journey, 529-538/1135-1143",
  "ur": "سمعانی کا طلبِ حدیث کا پہلا بڑا سفر، 529-538ھ/1135-1143ء"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "رحل السمعاني قبل الثلاثين وبعدها إلى خراسان وأصبهان والعراق والحجاز والشام وطبرستان وما وراء النهر {cite:tarikh-islam-dhahabi p. 120}؛ وفي رحلته الأولى الكبرى ٥٢٩-٥٣٨هـ زار أصبهان وهمدان وبغداد ونواحيها ومكة والمدينة ودمشق وبيت المقدس — وكانت حين زارها سنة ٥٣٦هـ في أيدي الصليبيين منذ اثنتين وأربعين سنة — وشمالاً وشرقاً خوارزم وسمرقند وبخارى وبلخ وهراة {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 8 p. 1024}.",
  "en": "Al-Sam'ani travelled before and after thirty to Khurasan, Isfahan, Iraq, the Hijaz, al-Sham, Tabaristan and Transoxiana {cite:tarikh-islam-dhahabi p. 120}. On this first great journey (529-538/1135-1143) he went via Isfahan and Hamadan to Baghdad and its environs, to Mecca and Medina, to Damascus and Jerusalem — which at his visit in 536/1141 had been in Crusader hands for forty-two years — and north and east to Khwarazm, Samarqand, Bukhara, Balkh and Herat {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 8 p. 1024}.",
  "ur": "سمعانی نے تیس برس سے پہلے اور بعد میں خراسان، اصفہان، عراق، حجاز، شام، طبرستان اور ماوراء النہر کا سفر کیا {cite:tarikh-islam-dhahabi p. 120}۔ پہلے بڑے سفر (529-538ھ/1135-1143ء) میں وہ اصفہان اور ہمدان سے بغداد اور اس کے نواح، مکہ اور مدینہ، دمشق اور بیت المقدس گئے — جس کی زیارت 536ھ/1141ء میں ہوئی جب وہ 42 برس سے صلیبیوں کے قبضے میں تھا — اور شمال و مشرق میں خوارزم، سمرقند، بخارا، بلخ اور ہرات گئے {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 8 p. 1024}۔"
 },
 "stub": false,
 "wings": [
  "people"
 ],
 "regions": [
  "persia-central-asia",
  "levant-iraq",
  "arabia"
 ],
 "periods": [
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 "tags": [],
 "aliases": [],
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 "span": {
  "earliest": 1134.9985968226588,
  "latest": 1143.9980971545983
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 "display": {
  "start": {
   "edtf": "1135",
   "hijri": "0529",
   "calendar": "julian",
   "precision": "year",
   "status": "tradition",
   "derived": true,
   "note": "الرحلة الأولى ٥٢٩-٥٣٨هـ/١١٣٥-١١٤٣م {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 8 p. 1024}؛ التحويل مشتق."
  },
  "end": {
   "edtf": "1143",
   "hijri": "0538",
   "calendar": "julian",
   "precision": "year",
   "status": "tradition",
   "derived": true,
   "note": "عاد إلى وطنه سنة ثمان وثلاثين {cite:tarikh-islam-dhahabi p. 120}؛ التحويل مشتق."
  }
 },
 "data": {
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  "date": {
   "start": {
    "edtf": "1135",
    "hijri": "0529",
    "calendar": "julian",
    "precision": "year",
    "status": "tradition",
    "derived": true,
    "note": "الرحلة الأولى ٥٢٩-٥٣٨هـ/١١٣٥-١١٤٣م {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 8 p. 1024}؛ التحويل مشتق."
   },
   "end": {
    "edtf": "1143",
    "hijri": "0538",
    "calendar": "julian",
    "precision": "year",
    "status": "tradition",
    "derived": true,
    "note": "عاد إلى وطنه سنة ثمان وثلاثين {cite:tarikh-islam-dhahabi p. 120}؛ التحويل مشتق."
   }
  },
  "sources": [
   "source/tarikh-islam-dhahabi",
   "source/encyclopaedia-of-islam-2"
  ],
  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "EI2 vol. 8 art. al-Sam'ani (R. Sellheim), printed p. 1024; al-Dhahabi, Tarikh al-Islam s.a. 562, printed p. 120 (harvest OCR)",
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   "model": "SWE-2 Medium",
   "run": "explorer-al-samani-1"
  },
  "status": {
   "review": "published",
   "completeness": 1,
   "generated_by": "Devin (SWE-2 Medium)"
  }
 },
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 "degree": 26,
 "contemporaries": [],
 "updated": "2026-11-02",
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   "to": "place/isfahan",
   "type": "occurred_at",
   "inverse": false,
   "sources": [
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  },
  {
   "to": "place/hamadan",
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   "to": "place/baghdad",
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  {
   "to": "place/medina",
   "type": "occurred_at",
   "inverse": false,
   "sources": [
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  },
  {
   "to": "place/damascus",
   "type": "occurred_at",
   "inverse": false,
   "sources": [
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  },
  {
   "to": "place/jerusalem",
   "type": "occurred_at",
   "inverse": false,
   "sources": [
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   "note": "زارها سنة ٥٣٦هـ وقد مضى عليها في أيدي الصليبيين اثنتان وأربعون سنة {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 8 p. 1024}"
  },
  {
   "to": "place/khwarizm",
   "type": "occurred_at",
   "inverse": false,
   "sources": [
    "source/encyclopaedia-of-islam-2"
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  },
  {
   "to": "place/samarqand",
   "type": "occurred_at",
   "inverse": false,
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   "to": "place/bukhara",
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   "inverse": false,
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   "inverse": false,
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 "related": [
  "event/samani-third-rihla-549",
  "person/ibn-rajab",
  "event/ibn-asakir-second-rihla-529",
  "person/ibn-sina",
  "event/abbasid-khutba-haramayn-479",
  "event/abu-dawud-iraq-hijaz-hearings-220",
  "event/al-sakhawi-final-hijaz-896",
  "event/al-sakhawi-first-hajj-870"
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