Two Arabic travel books : accounts of China and India / Abu Zayd al-Sirafi ; edited and translated by Tim Mackintosh-Smith ; Mission to the Volga / Ibn Fadlan ; edited and translated by James E. Montgomery.

Name: Two Arabic travel books : accounts of China and India / Abu Zayd al-Sirafi ; edited and translated by Tim Mackintosh-Smith ; Mission to the Volga / Ibn Fadlan ; edited and translated by James E. Montgomery.
Author: Mackintosh-Smith, Tim, 1961- editor., Montgomery, James E. (James Edward), 1962- editor., Sīrāfī, Abū Zayd Ḥasan ibn Yazīd, active 10th century. Silsilat al-tawārīkh., Sīrāfī, Abū Zayd Ḥasan ibn Yazīd, active 10th century. Silsilat al-tawārīkh. English., Ibn Faḍlān, Aḥmad, active 922. Kitāb ilá malik al-Ṣaqālibah., Ibn Faḍlān, Aḥmad, active 922. Kitāb ilá malik al-Ṣaqālibah. English.

İsim	Two Arabic travel books : accounts of China and India / Abu Zayd al-Sirafi ; edited and translated by Tim Mackintosh-Smith ; Mission to the Volga / Ibn Fadlan ; edited and translated by James E. Montgomery.
Yazar	Mackintosh-Smith, Tim, 1961- editor., Montgomery, James E. (James Edward), 1962- editor., Sīrāfī, Abū Zayd Ḥasan ibn Yazīd, active 10th century. Silsilat al-tawārīkh., Sīrāfī, Abū Zayd Ḥasan ibn Yazīd, active 10th century. Silsilat al-tawārīkh. English., Ibn Faḍlān, Aḥmad, active 922. Kitāb ilá malik al-Ṣaqālibah., Ibn Faḍlān, Aḥmad, active 922. Kitāb ilá malik al-Ṣaqālibah. English.
Basım Tarihi:	2015
Basım Yeri	- New York University Press
Konu	India -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800., China -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800., Volga River Region (Russia) -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
Tür	Kitap
Dil	İngilizce
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Hayır
Fiziksel Boyutlar	1 online resource
Kütüphane:	Üniversite Koleji Dublin Kütüphanesi
Demirbaş Numarası	40024371001
Kayıt Numarası	b2844242
Lokasyon	In collection: Ebook Central Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Tarih	2015
Örnek Metin	Two Arabic Travel Books combines two exceptional exemplars of Arabic travel writing, penned in the same era but chronicling wildly divergent experiences. Accounts of China and India is a compilation of reports and anecdotes on the lands and peoples of the Indian Ocean, from the Somali headlands to China and Korea. The early centuries of the Abbasid era witnessed a substantial network of maritime trade--the real-life background to the Sindbad tales. In this account, we first travel east to discover a vivid human landscape, including descriptions of Chinese society and government, Hindu religious practices, and natural life from flying fish to Tibetan musk-deer and Sri Lankan gems. The juxtaposed accounts create a jigsaw picture of a world not unlike our own, a world on the road to globalization. In its ports, we find a priceless cargo of information; here are the first foreign descriptions of tea and porcelain, a panorama of unusual social practices, cannibal islands, and Indian holy men--a marvelous, mundane world, contained in the compass of a novella. In Mission to the Volga, we move north on a diplomatic mission from Baghdad to the upper reaches of the Volga River in what is now central Russia. This colorful documentary by Ibn Fadlan relates the trials and tribulations of an embassy of diplomats and missionaries 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, Ibn Fadlan records the marvels he witnesses on his journey, including an aurora borealis and the white nights of the North. Crucially, he offers a description of the Viking Rus, including their customs, clothing, tattoos, and a striking account of a ship funeral. Mission to the Volga is also the earliest surviving instance of sustained first-person travel narrative in Arabic--a pioneering text of peerless historical and literary value. Together, the stories in Two Arabic Travel Books illuminate a vibrant world of diversity during the heyday of the Abbasid empire, narrated with as much curiosity and zeal as they were perceived by their observant beholders.
Bibliyografya	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Seri	Library of Arabic literature, Library of Arabic literature.

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Two Arabic travel books : accounts of China and India / Abu Zayd al-Sirafi ; edited and translated by Tim Mackintosh-Smith ; Mission to the Volga / Ibn Fadlan ; edited and translated by James E. Montgomery.

Yazar Mackintosh-Smith, Tim, 1961- editor., Montgomery, James E. (James Edward), 1962- editor., Sīrāfī, Abū Zayd Ḥasan ibn Yazīd, active 10th century. Silsilat al-tawārīkh., Sīrāfī, Abū Zayd Ḥasan ibn Yazīd, active 10th century. Silsilat al-tawārīkh. English., Ibn Faḍlān, Aḥmad, active 922. Kitāb ilá malik al-Ṣaqālibah., Ibn Faḍlān, Aḥmad, active 922. Kitāb ilá malik al-Ṣaqālibah. English.

Basım Tarihi 2015

Basım Yeri - New York University Press

Konu India -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800., China -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800., Volga River Region (Russia) -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.

Tür Kitap

Dil İngilizce

Dijital Evet

Yazma Hayır

Fiziksel Boyutlar 1 online resource

Kütüphane Üniversite Koleji Dublin Kütüphanesi

Demirbaş Numarası 40024371001

Kayıt Numarası b2844242

Lokasyon In collection: Ebook Central Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Tarih 2015

Örnek Metin Two Arabic Travel Books combines two exceptional exemplars of Arabic travel writing, penned in the same era but chronicling wildly divergent experiences. Accounts of China and India is a compilation of reports and anecdotes on the lands and peoples of the Indian Ocean, from the Somali headlands to China and Korea. The early centuries of the Abbasid era witnessed a substantial network of maritime trade--the real-life background to the Sindbad tales. In this account, we first travel east to discover a vivid human landscape, including descriptions of Chinese society and government, Hindu religious practices, and natural life from flying fish to Tibetan musk-deer and Sri Lankan gems. The juxtaposed accounts create a jigsaw picture of a world not unlike our own, a world on the road to globalization. In its ports, we find a priceless cargo of information; here are the first foreign descriptions of tea and porcelain, a panorama of unusual social practices, cannibal islands, and Indian holy men--a marvelous, mundane world, contained in the compass of a novella. In Mission to the Volga, we move north on a diplomatic mission from Baghdad to the upper reaches of the Volga River in what is now central Russia. This colorful documentary by Ibn Fadlan relates the trials and tribulations of an embassy of diplomats and missionaries 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, Ibn Fadlan records the marvels he witnesses on his journey, including an aurora borealis and the white nights of the North. Crucially, he offers a description of the Viking Rus, including their customs, clothing, tattoos, and a striking account of a ship funeral. Mission to the Volga is also the earliest surviving instance of sustained first-person travel narrative in Arabic--a pioneering text of peerless historical and literary value. Together, the stories in Two Arabic Travel Books illuminate a vibrant world of diversity during the heyday of the Abbasid empire, narrated with as much curiosity and zeal as they were perceived by their observant beholders.

Bibliyografya Includes bibliographical references and index.

Seri Library of Arabic literature, Library of Arabic literature.