ناصرخسرو (Nasir Khusraw) was a Persian Isma'ili poet, philosopher, traveler, and missionary born in 1004 in the town of Qubādiyān in the southwest of present-day Tajikistan. On this date in 1046, Khusraw departed on a seven-year journey through the Islamic world. He initially set out on a Hajj to Mecca, taking an indirect route, first north toward the Caspian Sea. He sudied for several years in Cairo and then traveled to Balkh, where he did missionary work. Throughout his travels, he kept a detailed journal which clearly describes life in the Islamic world of the 11th Century. He later compiled his notes in his book سفرنامه (Safarnama). That book and his poetry remain popular in the Islamic world today. I didn't find a clear explanation of how dates in the Islamic calendar can be converted to the Gregorian calendar, but the Islamic calendar is well understood, so I trust Wikipedia editors smarter than me have it worked out! Credits: https://w.wiki/JETP https://urlzr.mp/Avb (princeton.edu) I started this ride after dropping my van at the Chrysler dealer in Santa Monica. The wind was brutal. Except on Casiano Road, where the homes have lots of trees. But the climb up Sepulveda was in a headwind, sometimes 20 knots. I meant to climb Mulholland and Bundy, but the wind wore me out. There were headwinds even on San Vicente and Ocean Avenue, riding in different directions from Sepulveda!