Abstract
The research attempts to introduce an insight into the effect of the historical account, on the cultural formation of the Muslims travelers and their reflection on their account or upon the way of discrepancy what they he saw and beard.
It handle, this subject through discussing some recording, which are regarded as one of the sources of historical knowledge, thereby attempting to show what is historically acceptable. These stone, entered the Islamic culture without close examination which some historians adopted as historical facts. Meanwhile, they were characterized by the travelers imagination for reasons related to present mirculas news and sense. The research also deals with three level, of the travelers accounts. The first level handle, the news head by the travelers without criticizing or refuting them. The second level presents how the travelers tried to insert what is considered real history beside what is a myth. The third level, on the other hand, is characterized by precision when reporting the new, and investigation into the event.
However, this does not mean dispensing with this kind of composition, because travel remains an important source of historical knowledge on the condition that its test are closely examined according to the authentic historical investigation.
