Abstract

The topic of talking about the journeys undertaken by travelers throughout the ages has received significant attention from them, especially those documented in their writings. From this documentation emerged what came to be known  as literature, a  prominent literary genre that expressses journeys in an elegant literary style , conveying the spirituality of emotions and observations – particulariy in places of religious significance, such as the shrines of the lmams ( peace be uopn them), their children, and descendants in various parts of the word , as well as in areas rich in historical landmarts and deep- rooted cultural heritage .Travel books are considered important historical sources and are  often regarded as akin to official documents, because the traveler-writer conveys what he sees of landmarks and sometimes related to the civilization of those of  these countries and at other times to their      cultural and social  heritage . Iraq and its cities, with their immense  civilizational legacy ,have always drawn the attention of  for researchers, academics and visitors.Baghdad in particular, is one of the important cities  that has   embraced within its arms  two shrines of the Imams of the Household of the Prophet (peace be upon them), namely the shrine of Imam Musa bin Jaafar (peace be upon him)and the shrine of Imam Muhammad bin Ali al-Jawad (peace be upon him). These have become key factors in attracting tourists, visitors, travelers- both Arabs and foreign and, Among the travelers honored to visit  Baghdad and explore its landmarks was  Mirza Saif al-Dawla, who visited the city  in 1863 AD. This  research will delve  into documenting the  information and events he recorded   in the areas he visited  and  observed.