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This is the first English translation of the famous risala, letters by the tenth-century traveler Ibn Fadlan, one of the great Medieval travelers in world history, akin to Ibn Batutta. Ibn Fadlan was an Arab missionary sent by the Caliph in Baghdad to the king of the Bulghars. He journeyed from Baghdad to Bukhara in Central Asia and then continued across the desert to the town of Bulghar, near present Kazan. He describes the tribes he meets on his way and gives an account of their customs. His is the earliest account of a meeting with the Vikings, called Rus, who had reached the Volga River from Sweden. His description of the Rus, or Rusiya as he calls them, has produced much discussion about their origins, shockingly free sexual morals standards, customs, treatment of slaves and women, burial traditions, and trading habits, all explained in detail by Ibn Fadlan. The story of his travels has fascinated scholars and even prompted Michael Crichton to write the popular novel ""Eaters of the Dead,"" which was made into a film entitled ""The 13th Warrior. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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During his time his hometown Baghdad was one of the big cities in the region, even bigger than Paris, Constantinople, and Rome. Baghdad had more than 100,000 workers to build mosques, churches and big buildings.
There was a trade between Russians and the Islamic Empire. In the Islamic Empire there were high demands for amber, pellet, ivory, mink and for Russians there were high demands for gold and silver.
During Ibn Fadlan’s time, Islamic laws were not completely codified; it was the early stage of different cultural groups who converted to Islam. The cultural groups who recently became Muslims, they did not completely erase their old beliefs, most of them blended Islam with their pre-existing beliefs. (