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Traveller in Thirteenth-Century Arabia
Professor G. Rex . Ed(S): Smith
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hardcover. An English translation of the "Tarikh al-Mustabsir", written in the early quarter of the thirteenth century by Ibn al-Mujawir. This text is an account of the western and southern areas of the Arabian Peninsula by a man from the east of the Islamic world, probably from Khurasan in Iran. Editor(s): Smith, Professor G. Rex. Series: Hakluyt Society Third Series. Num Pages: 362 pages, Includes 15 b&w illustrations, plans and maps. BIC Classification: 1FBX; 3H; HBJF1; HBLC; HBTB; WTL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 181 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1020.
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 Khurasan in Iran. Ibn al-Mujawir was a man who in all probability followed the age-old Islamic practice of making the pilgrimage to Mecca and thereafter travelling in the area to further his business interests. His route began in Mecca and essentially ran south through the Red Sea coastal plain, ... Read more
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 Khurasan in Iran. Ibn al-Mujawir was a man who in all probability followed the age-old Islamic practice of making the pilgrimage to Mecca and thereafter travelling in the area to further his business interests. His route began in Mecca and essentially ran south through the Red Sea coastal plain, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
362
Condition
New
Series
Hakluyt Society Third Series
Number of Pages
362
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780904180916
SKU
V9780904180916
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About Professor G. Rex . Ed(S): Smith
G. Rex Smith is an Emeritus Professor of the University of Manchester, UK. He was professor of Arabic there, 1990-97, after teaching also in the universities of Cambridge, 1970-75, and Durham, 1978-89. A large part of his research over the years has been in the field of Arabian history, particularly that of the south of the peninsula, the Yemen. He ... Read more
Reviews for Traveller in Thirteenth-Century Arabia
’...a major event in the world of Arabian studies. ...it is a work of considerable scholarship. Prominent among its many strengths are the attention given to elucidating Ibn al-Mujawir's often garbled accounts of contemporary and earlier political and dynastic history, and to commenting on his dense information concerning trade, commercial practice, taxes, weights and measures. Most important, through his ... Read more