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Book Title
Two Arabic Travel Books : Accounts of China and India and Mission
ISBN
9781479803507
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
New York University Press
ISBN-10
1479803502
ISBN-13
9781479803507
eBay Product ID (ePID)
205565654

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
328 Pages
Publication Name
Two Arabic Travel Books : Accounts of China and India and Mission to the Volga
Language
English
Subject
Middle Eastern, Asia / India & South Asia, Asia / China, Middle East / General, Russia
Publication Year
2014
Type
Textbook
Author
Abū Zayd Al-SīRāFī, AḥMad Ibn FaḍLāN
Subject Area
Travel, Literary Collections, History
Series
Library of Arabic Literature Ser.
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Weight
22.4 Oz
Item Length
10 in
Item Width
7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2014-021834
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
Both these accounts are full of fascination and wonder. These volumes continue the contribution this excellent series is making towards integrating classics of Arabic into the global canon., "This welcome volume is one of the first in a new series that will be of inestimable value to both scholars and general readers."- The Silk Road, "This welcome volume is one of the first in a new series that will be of inestimable value to both scholars and general readers."- The Silk Road,, This welcome volume is one of the first in a new series that will be of inestimable value to both scholars and general readers., Both these accounts are full of fascination and wonder.These volumes continue the contribution this excellent series is making towards integrating classics of Arabic into the global canon., Both travel accounts edited and translated here by Mackintosh-Smith and Montgomery are a tribute as well to the foresight, ambition, and excellent quality achieved by the Library of Arabic Literature. This will become a library of cultural richness and enduring value., "The volume offers two samples of Arabic travel writing from the same era but chronicling wildly divergent experiences...These stories illuminate a world of diversity during the heyday of the Abbasid period."- Islamic Horizons, "Both these accounts are full of fascination and wonder….These volumes continue the contribution this excellent series is making towards integrating classics of Arabic into the global canon." - Times Literary Supplement, "The volume offers two samples of Arabic travel writing from the same era but chronicling wildly divergent experiences... These stories illuminate a world of diversity during the heyday of the Abbasid period."- Islamic Horizons, We have been given a precious gift in Two Arabic Travel Books. Mackintosh-Smith and Montgomery bring their years of experience in the field, their towering erudition, and, most importantly, their love of the texts themselves--and of travel--to a wide audience that is most in need of a fresh look at the world shared by the peoples of Eurasia a millennium ago.
Series Volume Number
17
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
915.404
Table Of Content
Letter from the General Editor iiiForeword ixAccounts of China and IndiaAcknowledgements 3Introduction 4A Note on the Text 15Notes to the Introduction 18Map: The Lands and Seas of Abu Zayd's Accounts 20Accounts of China and India: The First Book 22Accounts of China and India: The Second Book 66Afterword to the Second Book 132Notes 135Glossary of Names and Terms 148Bibliography 159Mission to the VolgaAcknowledgements 165Introduction 167A Note on the Text 180Notes to the Introduction 188Map: Ibn Fa?lan's Route to the Volga 189Mission to the Volga 190Continuation from Yaqut's Geographical Dictionary 254Notes 261Glossary of Names and Terms 267Bibliography 281Further Reading 285Index 299About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute 310About the Typefaces 311About the Editor-Translators 312
Synopsis
Combines two exceptional exemplars of Arabic travel writing, penned in the same era but chronicling wildly divergent experiences. This book offers a description of the Viking Rus, including their customs, clothing, tattoos, and a striking account of a ship funeral., 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. A bilingual Arabic-English edition., 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. A bilingual Arabic-English edition., 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.
LC Classification Number
DS409.S5713 2015

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