Mission to the Volga [Audiobook] download free by Ahmad Ibn Fadlan
- Listen audiobook: Mission to the Volga
- Author: Ahmad Ibn Fadlan
- Release date: 2017/5/7
- Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Travel and Holiday Guides
- ISBN: 9781479899890
- Rating: 8.04 of 10
- Votes: 660
- Review by: Korbin Poirier
- Review rating: 8.82 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/10/30
- Duration: 1H21M57S in 256 kbps (21.6 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-08-04
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: FLAC, MP3, WAV, WMA, MPEG4, AU (compression RAR, AZW3, CHM, RZ, ZIP, ARC, TBZ2)
- Total pages original book: 108
- Includes a PDF summary of 11 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 8M18S (2.2 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: Earliest surviving instance of sustained first-person travel narrative in Arabic. A pioneering text of peerless historical and literary value. In its pages, we move north on a diplomatic mission from Baghdad to the upper reaches of the Volga River in what is now central Russia. In this colorful documentary from the tenth century, the enigmatic Ibn Fadlan relates his experiences as part of an embassy sent by Caliph al-Muqtadir to deliver political and religious instruction to the recently-converted King of the Bulghars. During eleven months of grueling travel, Ibn Fadlan records the marvels he witnesses on his journey, including an aurora borealis and the white nights of the North. Crucially, he offers a description of the Viking Rus, including their customs, clothing, body painting, and a striking account of a ship funeral. Together, these anecdotes illuminate a vibrant world of diversity during the heyday of the Abbasid Empire, narrated with as much curiosity and zeal as they were perceived by its observant beholder.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Middle Eastern History, Anthologies (non-poetry), Classic Travel Writing, Guidebooks
- Download servers: BitShare, Hotfile, Mediafire, Google Drive, ExtraTorrent, Sync.com, Microsoft OneDrive, FreakShare. Compressed in RAR, AZW3, CHM, RZ, ZIP, ARC, TBZ2
- Format: Paperback
- Approximate value: 15.33 USD
- Dimensions: 140x210x12.7mm
- Weight: 226.8g
- Printed by: Not Available
- Published in: New York, United States
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