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Accounts of China and India (Library of Arabic Literature)
Abu Zayd Al-Sirafi
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Description for Accounts of China and India (Library of Arabic Literature)
Paperback. Translator(s): Mackintosh-Smith, Tim. Series: Library of Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 124 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 1QSN; 3F; DQ; HBTM; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5334 x 3556. .
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 and Korea. Traveling eastward, we discover a ... Read more
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 and Korea. Traveling eastward, we discover a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
NYU Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Library of Arabic Literature
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
124
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781479830596
SKU
V9781479830596
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Ref
99-50
About Abu Zayd Al-Sirafi
Abu Zayd al-Sirafi was a seafarer who moved from the Persian port-city of Siraf to Basra in 303 H/915-916 AD. He wrote the second half of Accounts of China and India, supplementing an earlier section written by an unknown mariner and merchant fifty years earlier. Tim Mackintosh-Smith is a noted British travel author, best known for ... Read more
Reviews for Accounts of China and India (Library of Arabic Literature)
These accounts are full of fascination and wonder [and] continue the contribution this excellent series is making towards integrating classics of Arabic into the global canon.
Times Literary Supplement
Times Literary Supplement