Ambassadors to learn the sciences and arts found in this magnificent city. When my name was listed among the travelers, and I resolved to depart, some relatives and loved ones advised me, especially our Sheikh Al-Attar, who is fond of hearing wondrous news and learning about strange relics, to record what happens on this journey and what I encounter of strange matters and marvelous things. And to write it down so that it may be useful in unveiling the face of these lands, which are said to be the brides of the regions, and to remain a guide for those who seek travel to them. Especially since from the beginning of time until now, in my opinion, nothing has appeared in the Arabic language concerning the history of the city of Paris, the seat of the kingdom of the Franks, nor in the description of its conditions and the conditions of its people. So I praise God who adorned that with my acquisition of the bounty, and in his era, and due to his care and strengthening of sciences and arts, I was not remiss in recording on my journey a small travelogue, which I kept free from the flaw of negligence and ignorance, and I saw it free from the slip of laziness and inattention. And I adorned it with some useful digressions and insightful observations. And its events are a seal on the lands of Islam to search for external sciences, arts, and crafts. If that is in the lands of the Franks, it is a fixed and common matter, and the truth is more deserving of being followed. And by God, during my stay in these lands, I was in regret for its completeness in that and its emptiness of what Islam has of it. And beware that you find what I mention to you to be contrary to your habit, so it becomes easy for you to believe it, so think of it as a matter of idle talk and superstitions, or from the realm of excess and exaggeration. In short, some suspicion is more complete, and the witness sees what the absent does not see. And if you do not see the crescent moon, then accept the testimony. And know that no one