A journey across the Mediterranean from Alexandria to Spain, describing significant historical and social events through the narrator, an Egyptian traveler created by the author's imagination. The Arab civilization in Andalusia has always been a source of fascination and inspiration for many writers, including Abd al-Rahman al-Barquqi, who was impressed by the renaissance the country witnessed during the reign of Abd al-Rahman al-Nasir, the eighth ruler of the Umayyad dynasty in Andalusia and the first Caliph of Cordoba after the declaration of the Caliphate. He established fleets and merchant ships dedicated to displaying and exchanging goods from the Levant. Among these ships was a ship passing through the countries overlooking the Mediterranean, and it was on this ship that the author found what he was looking for. He employed his historical knowledge of Andalusia and wrote this book, using his imagination to describe a Mediterranean journey on board this ship. During this journey, the traveler meets many historical figures, recounts news, tells stories, and relays observations in two letters: the first, "From Alexandria to Almería," and the second, "From Almería to Cordoba."
