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Ibn Fadlan and the land of darkness : Arab travellers in the far north /

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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 prac...

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Main Author: Ibn Faḍlān, Aḥmad, active 922
Other Authors: Lunde, Paul, 1943-, Stone, Caroline
Format: Book
Language:English
Language Notes:Translated from the Arabic into English; glossary in Arabic with English translations.
Published: London ; New York : Penguin Books, 2012.
Series:Penguin classics.
Subjects:
Ibn Faḍlān, Aḥmad, > active 922 > Travel > Russia (Federation) > Volga River Region.
Ibn Faḍlān, Aḥmad, > active 922 > Travel > Asia, Central.
Bulgars (Turkic people) > Russia (Federation) > Volga River Region > History.
Volga River Region (Russia) > Description and travel > Early works to 1800.
Asia, Central > Description and travel > Early works to 1800.
Tatarstan (Russia) > Description and travel > Early works to 1800.

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