A traveller in thirteenth-century Arabia : Ibn al-Mujāwir's Tārīkh al-mustabṣir /

"This is the first English translation of the Tarikh al-Mustabsir, written in the early quarter of the thirteenth century by Ibn al-Mujawir. The text is a fascinating account of the western and southern areas of the Arabian peninsula by a man from the east of the Islamic world, probably from Kh...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ibn al-Mujāwir, Yūsuf ibn Yaʻqūb, 1204 or 1205-1291 or 1292
Autor Corporativo: Hakluyt Society
Otros Autores: Smith, G. Rex (Gerald Rex)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Arabic
Publicado: Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2008.
Colección:Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; 3rd ser., no. 19.
Temas:
TRAVEL > Asia > General.
Travel.
Yemen (Republic) > Description and travel > Early works to 1800.
Mecca (Saudi Arabia) > Description and travel > Early works to 1800.
Saudi Arabia > Description and travel > Early works to 1800.
Yémen > Descriptions et voyages > Ouvrages avant 1800.
La Mecque (Arabie Saoudite) > Descriptions et voyages > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Arabie Saoudite > Descriptions et voyages > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia > Mecca.
Yemen (Republic)
Electronic books.
Early works.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Ibn al-Mujāwir's introduction
  • Ibn al-Mujāwir's route descriptions
  • Ibn al-Mujāwir's parasang
  • Place names
  • Agriculture, crops, fruits, vegetables and food
  • dress and social customs
  • Magic, the wondrous and the bizarre
  • Hstory and buildings
  • Maps and plans and diagrams in the text
  • Trade and commerce
  • Source of social and economic history of Arabia
  • Assessment of the contents.

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