This book is an encyclopedia that brilliantly summarizes the narrative narrative in the history of Muslim travelers in the Middle Ages, and explains how Muslims gained leadership in the field of travel, discoveries, and geographical studies. The writer talks about the effective role of Hajj as one of the greatest drivers of the popularity of the culture of travel among Muslims in the Middle Ages. This book includes a unique group of prominent Muslim travelers, indicating the time period to which each traveler belongs. The book highlights the cultural and geographical value that these travelers achieved in the countries to which they traveled, and tells us the observations and anecdotes that they encountered during their descent into these countries, and the writer mentions A number of travels led by Muslim travelers, explaining the historical dialectic that revolves around the extent of the relevance of historical facts, which indicates the extent to which these trips are related to the existence of historical truth.

ولد زكي محمد حسن المصري، بمدينة الخرطوم عام 1908م، ونشأ في القاهرة وتعلم بها، ثم تخصص في الآثار الإسلامية، وقد حصل على شهادة الآثار الإسلامية من مدرسة اللوفر في عام 1934م، ونال بعدها شهادة الدكتوراه في الآداب من جامعة باريس. وقد أتقن العديد من اللغات، منها: الإنجليزية والألمانية، والفرنسية، والفارسية،