Accounts of China and India

(Part of the Library of Arabic Literature Series)

by Abu Zayd Al-Sirafi and Ahmad ibn Fadlān

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The ninth and tenth centuries witnessed the establishment of a substantial network of maritime trade across the Indian Ocean, providing the real-life background to the Sinbad tales.

An exceptional exemplar of Arabic travel writing, Accounts of China and India is a compilation of reports and anecdotes about the lands and peoples of this diverse territory, from the Somali headlands of Africa to the far eastern shores of China...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1479830593

ISBN13:9781479830596

Release Date:April 2017

Publisher:New York University Press

Length:124 Pages

Weight:0.50 lbs.

Dimensions:0.4" x 5.4" x 8.2"

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