Ibn Fadlan and the Land of Darkness - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ibn Fadlan and the Land of Darkness write by Ibn Fadlan. This book was released on 2012-07-26. Ibn Fadlan and the Land of Darkness available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In 922 AD, an Arab envoy from Baghdad named Ibn Fadlan encountered a party of Viking traders on the upper reaches of the Volga River. In his subsequent report on his mission he gave a meticulous and astonishingly objective description of Viking customs, dress, table manners, religion and sexual practices, as well as the only eyewitness account ever written of a Viking ship cremation. Between the ninth and fourteenth centuries, Arab travellers such as Ibn Fadlan journeyed widely and frequently into the far north, crossing territories that now include Russia, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. Their fascinating accounts describe how the numerous tribes and peoples they encountered traded furs, paid tribute and waged wars. This accessible new translation offers an illuminating insight into the world of the Arab geographers, and the medieval lands of the far north.
The Book of Marvels and Travels
The Book of Marvels and Travels - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Book of Marvels and Travels write by Sir John Mandeville. This book was released on 2012-09-13. The Book of Marvels and Travels available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In his Book of Marvels and Travels, Sir John Mandeville describes a journey from Europe to Jerusalem and on into Asia, and the many wonderful and monstrous peoples and practices in the East. A captivating blend of fact and fantasy, Mandeville's Book is newly translated in an edition that brings us closer to Mandeville's worldview.
The Adventures of Ibn Battuta
The Adventures of Ibn Battuta - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Adventures of Ibn Battuta write by Ross E. Dunn. This book was released on 2005. The Adventures of Ibn Battuta available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Ross Dunn's classic retelling of the travels of Ibn Battuta, a Muslim of the 14th century.
Mission to the Volga
Mission to the Volga - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mission to the Volga write by Aḥmad ibn Faḍlān. This book was released on 2017-04-04. Mission to the Volga available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The earliest surviving instance of sustained first-person travel narrative in Arabic Mission to the Volga is 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, 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, body painting, and a striking account of a ship funeral. Together, these anecdotes 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 its observant beholder. An English-only edition.
The Book of Contemplation
The Book of Contemplation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Book of Contemplation write by Usama ibn Munqidh. This book was released on 2008-07-03. The Book of Contemplation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The volume comprises lightly annotated translation of a key medieval Arabic text that bears directly on the Crusades and Crusader society and the Muslim experience of them.
