The earliest known source of a continuous first-person travel stories in Arabic
The Mission of the Volgais a groundbreaking text that is of unparalleled literary and historical significance. In the pages, we travel north on a mission of diplomatic service that takes us from Baghdad towards the northern reaches of Volga River in what is the present-day central Russia.
In this enthralling documentary dating from the tenth century, the mysterious Ibn Fadlan relates his experiences as a part of an embassy that was sent by Caliph al-Muqtadir in order to give instructions in the areas of religion and politics to the recently converted The King of the Bulghars
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Through the course of eleven months of exhausting traveling, Ibn Fadlan records the incredible sights he observes during his journey, including the aurora borealis, and the dark night skies in the North. In addition, he provides an account about the Viking Rus and their dress codes, customs as well as body painting and an impressive story of a ship’s funeral. Together, these tales reveal the world of different cultures during the glory days of the Abbasid Empire, and are told with as much interest and enthusiasm as the stories were perceived by the beholders who were observant.
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A version in English only. An English-only edition.
Product details
- ASIN : B01M0PZDR8
- Publisher : NYU Press; Tra edition
- Publication date : April 4, 2017
- Language : English
- File size : 1605 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Not Enabled
- Print length : 108 pages
- Lending : Not Enabled
Ahmad ibn Fadlanwas one of the members of a diplomatic team that was sent by Abbasid caliph al Muqtadir in 309-310/921-922 to the King of the Volga Bulghars. This is the sole evidence of that mission.
Tim Severinis a British filmmaker, explorer, and lecturer. He won the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award for his non-fiction novel The Sindbad Voyage and is famous by the Viking Historical Fiction book series (2005).
James E. Montgomery is the author of Al-Jahiz In the Name of Books Sir Thomas Adams’s Professor in Arabic of The University of Cambridge and Fellow of Trinity Hall. His most recent books include Loss Sings in collaboration with the famous Scottish artist Alison Watt, and Diwan Antarah Ibn Shaddad A Literary-Historical Analysis. This text is an alternative kindle edition.
