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02930aam a22004094a 4500 001 D803FAAE019E11E89C78220097128E48 003 SILO 005 20180125010234 008 110415s2012 enkb b 000 0 eng d 020 $a 0140455078 020 $a 9780140455076 035 $a (OCoLC)769191032 040 $a NLE $c NLE $d OCO $d CGU $d NDD $d BDX $d VP@ $d IUL $d COH $d UKMGB $d MUU $d OCLCA $d NUI $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h ara 082 04 $a 914.74042 $2 22 100 1 $a Ibn FadÌ£laÌn, AhÌ£mad, $d active 922. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2005033503 240 10 $a KitaÌb ilaÌ malik al-SÌ£aqaÌlibah. $l English 245 10 $a Ibn FadlaÌn and the land of darkness : $b Arab travellers in the far north / $c Ibn FadlaÌn ; translated with an introduction by Paul Lunde and Caroline Stone. 264 1 $a London : $b Penguin, $c 2012. 300 $a xxxvii, 239 pages : $b maps ; $c 20 cm. 490 1 $a Penguin classics 546 $a Translated from the Arabic into English; glossary in Arabic with English translations. 520 $a "In 922 AD, an Arab envoy from Baghdad named Ibn Fadlan encountered a party of Viking traders on the upper reaches of the Volga River. In his subsequent report on his mission he gave a meticulous and astonishingly objective description of Viking customs, dress, table manners, religion and sexual practices, as well as the only eyewitness account ever written of a Viking ship cremation. Between the ninth and fourteenth centuries, Arab travellers such as Ibn Fadlan journeyed widely and frequently into the far north, crossing territories that now include Russia, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. Their fascinating accounts describe how the numerous tribes and peoples they encountered traded furs, paid tribute and waged wars. This accessible new translation offers an illuminating insight into the world of the Arab geographers, and the medieval lands of the far north."--Publisher's website. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages [214]-221). 600 10 $a Ibn FadÌ£laÌn, AhÌ£mad, $d active 922 $x Travel $z Volga River Region. $z Volga River Region. 600 10 $a Ibn FadÌ£laÌn, AhÌ£mad, $d active 922 $x Travel $z Asia, Central. 650 0 $a Bulgars (Turkic people) $z Volga River Region $z Volga River Region $x History. 651 0 $a Volga River Region (Russia) $x Description and travel $v Early works to 1800. 651 0 $a Asia, Central $x Description and travel $v Early works to 1800. 651 0 $a Tatarstan (Russia) $x Description and travel $v Early works to 1800. 700 1 $a Lunde, Paul, $d 1943- $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84007033 700 1 $a Stone, Caroline. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85129440 830 0 $a Penguin classics. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n42742214 941 $a 2 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110045351.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180125054950.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D803FAAE019E11E89C78220097128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search