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Mission to the Volga / by Aḥmad ibn Faḍlān ; translated by James E. Montgomery ; foreword by Tim Severin ; volume editor, Shawkat M. Toorawa.

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"Mission to the Volaga is the oldest surviving instance of sustained first-person travel narrative in Arabic--a pioneering text of peerless historical and literary value ... In this colorful documentary from the tenth century, the enigmatic Ibn Fadlan relates his experiences as part of an embas...

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Main Author: Ibn Faḍlān, Aḥmad, active 922 (Author)
Other Authors: Montgomery, James E. (James Edward), 1962- (Translator), Toorawa, Shawkat M. (Editor), Severin, Timothy (writer of foreword.)
Other title:Kitāb ilá malik al-Ṣaqālibah. English
Format: Book
Language:English
Arabic
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2017]
Series:Library of Arabic literature.
Subjects:
Ibn Faḍlān, Aḥmad, > active 922 > Travel > Asia, Central.
Volga River Region (Russia) > Description and travel > Early works to 1800.
Tatarstan (Russia) > Description and travel > Early works to 1800.
Bulgars (Turkic people) > Russia (Federation) > Volga River Region > History.
Ibn Faḍlān, Aḥmad, > active 922.
Bulgars (Turkic people)
Travel.
Central Asia.
Russia (Federation) > Tatarstan.
Russia (Federation) > Volga River Region.
Travel writing.
History.

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Call Number: DK511.T17 I2313 2017
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