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Two Arabic travel books : accounts of China and India /

Two Arabic Travel Books combines two exceptional exemplars of Arabic travel writing, penned in the same era but chronicling wildly divergent experiences. Accounts of China and India is a compilation of reports and anecdotes on the lands and peoples of the Indian Ocean, from the Somali headlands to C...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Mackintosh-Smith, Tim, 1961- (Editor ), Montgomery, James E. (James Edward), 1962- (Editor ), Sīrāfī, Abū Zayd Ḥasan ibn Yazīd, active 10th century, Ibn Faḍlān, Aḥmad, active 922
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Arabic
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, 2015.
Colección:Library of Arabic literature.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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