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Ibn Fadlan's Journey to Russia: A Tenth-Century Traveler from Baghad to the Volga River
ISBN: 9781558763661 / Miękka / 2009 / 174 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This is the first English translation of the famous risala, letters by the tenth-century traveler Ibn Fadlan, one of the great Medieval travelers in world history, akin to Ibn Batutta. Ibn Fadlan was an Arab missionary sent by the Caliph in Baghdad to the king of the Bulghars. He journeyed from Baghdad to Bukhara in Central Asia and then continued across the desert to the town of Bulghar, near present Kazan. He describes the tribes he meets on his way and gives an account of their customs. His is the earliest account of a meeting with the Vikings, called Rus, who had reached the Volga River...
This is the first English translation of the famous risala, letters by the tenth-century traveler Ibn Fadlan, one of the great Medieval travelers in w...
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Mission to the Volga
ISBN: 9781479899890 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Earliest surviving instance of sustained first-person travel narrative in Arabic. A pioneering text of peerless historical and literary value. In its pages, we move north on a diplomatic mission from Baghdad to the upper reaches of the Volga River in what is now central Russia.In this colorful documentary from the tenth century, the enigmatic Ibn Fadlan relates his experiences as part of an embassy sent by Caliph al-Muqtadir to deliver political and religious instruction to the recently-converted King of the Bulghars. During eleven months of grueling travel,... Earliest surviving instance of sustained first-person travel narrative in Arabic. A pioneering text of peerless historical an... |
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