Ibn Fadlan and Other Travellers in the Land of the Vikings
Arab Travellers in the Far North
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- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
1 December 2011
Summary
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 fr…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140455076 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140455078 |
| Author: | Ibn Fadlan |
| Publisher: | Penguin UK |
| Imprint: | Penguin |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 1 December 2011 |
| Weight: | 232g |
| Dimensions: | 31mm x 200mm x 130mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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Exceptional…a fascinating book, with a nugget of curious information on each page, adding up to a picture that turns preconceptions on their head…Delightful and intriguing * The Scotsman *
About The Author
Ibn Fadlan
IBN FADLAN was a tenth-century diplomat who, in 922 AD, was sent on a mission from Baghdad to the far north by the caliph Muqtadir. His subsequent account of his travels and the peoples he encountered is one of the most important documents from the period.
PAUL LUNDE studied at London University’s School of Oriental and African Studies and specializes in Islamic history and literature. He is the author of Islam: Culture, Faith and History.
CAROLINE STONE has edited and written numerous books and articles, principally on textile history, medieval history and literature, Islamic culture and literature, and the cultural and economic relations between Europe and the Orient in the pre-modern era. With Paul Stone, she is translating a collection of the writings by the Arab geographer Mas’udi for Penguin Classics.
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