The Persian poet and philosopher Nasir Khusraw began a seven-year journey through the Islamic world that he recorded in the Safarnama.
21st November 1974: The Birmingham pub bombings kill 21 people and injure 182
21st November 2020
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.