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Tag: Travel

5th March 1046: Persian poet Nasir Khusraw’s 7-year journey through the Islamic world results in the Safarnama

The Persian poet and philosopher Nasir Khusraw began a seven-year journey through the Islamic world that he recorded in the Safarnama.

The first Orient Express train, known at the time as Express d’Orient, departed Paris.

The first traveller’s cheques, in the form of a ‘circular note’ issued by a bank, went on sale in London.