Ibn Fadlan's Journey to Russia: A Tenth-Century Traveler from Baghad to the Volga River, Paperback - Ahmad Ibn Fadlan

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Ahmad Ibn FadlanThis is the first English translation of the famous Risala, letters by the tenth-century traveler Ibn Fadla...

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A fascinating collection of medieval Arabic travel writing in an important new translationBetween the ninth and fourteenth centuries, Arab explorer...

Publisher: The Islamic Texts SocietyAuthor(s): Ibn Qayyim al-JawziyyaTranslator: Tallal M. ZeniNumber of pages: 330Publication date: 2016Dimensions...

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Publisher: The Islamic Texts SocietyAuthor(s): Ahmad Ibn TaymiyyaTranslator: Ezzeddin IbrahimNumber of pages: 368Publication date: 2003Dimensions: ...

The Arabic philosophical fable Hayy Ibn Yaqzan is a classic of medieval Islamic philosophy. Ibn Tufayl (d. 1185), the Andalusian philosopher, tells...

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Publisher: The Islamic Texts SocietyAuthor(s): Ibn Ata Allah al-IskandariTranslator: Mary Ann Koury-DannerNumber of pages: 270Publication date: 199...

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Reducere. Almost unique among the works of Muslim scholars, this book, which for Malikis is THE Risalah, was written for children when the author was 17 year...

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Publisher: The Islamic Texts SocietyAuthor(s): Ibn Qayyim Al-JawziyyaTranslator: M. Abdurrahman FitzgeraldNumber of pages: 202Publication date: 200...