Because you were this outlandishly learned scholar who managed to parlay your knowledge of Islam into the greatest road trip in history. You went from Mali to Constantinople to India to Russia to Indonesia. You were probably the most well-traveled person before the invention of the steam engine. And everywhere you went, you were treated like a king. And then you went home and you wrote a really famous book called The Rila that people still read today. And also you could grow a real beard and I'm jealous! Best wishes, John Green.