Ibn Fadlan's journey to Russia : a tenth-century traveler from Baghad to the Volga River / translated with commentary by Richard N. Frye.
Ibn Faḍlān, Aḥmad, active 922.; Frye, Richard N. (Richard Nelson), 1920-2014.
2005
DK511.T17 I2313 2005 (Mapit)
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Title Ibn Fadlan's journey to Russia : a tenth-century traveler from Baghad to the Volga River / translated with commentary by Richard N. Frye.
Author Ibn Faḍlān, Aḥmad, active 922.
Uniform Title Kitāb ilá malik al-Ṣaqālibah. English
ISBN 9781558763654 (alk. paper)
1558763651 (alk. paper)
9781558763661 (pbk. : alk. paper)
155876366X (pbk. : alk. paper)
Publication Details Princeton : Markus Wiener Publishers, c2005.
Language English
Language Note Translated from the Arabic.
Description xii, 160 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Call Number DK511.T17 I2313 2005
Dewey Decimal Classification 914.7/45042
Summary This is an English translation of the Risala, letters by the 10th century scholar Ibn Fadlan, one of the great medieval travellers. 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 met on his way.
Note This is an English translation of the Risala, letters by the 10th century scholar Ibn Fadlan, one of the great medieval travellers. 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 met on his way.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references.
Added Author Frye, Richard N. (Richard Nelson), 1920-2014.
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The time and the man
His book and geography
Translation of his travels : The Rus ; The Khazars
Commentary on the translation : The itinerary through the realm of the Caliphate ; Remarks on Khwarazm ; The Turkic tribes ; Further itinerary of the trip ; The Bulghars or Saqaliba ; The Rus ; The Khazars ; Aftermath of the embassy
Appendix A. Other Muslim accounts of the north. The strange things of creation / by Qazwini ; The Tufhat al-bab / of Abu Hamid al-Mazini al-Garanati ; Commentary
Appendix B. General remarks on nomads and conversion
Appendix C. Byzantine and Iranian commercial policy
Appendix D. Merchants in Inner Asia in pre-Islamic times
Appendix E. Byzantine and Sasanian trade with northwestern Russia.

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