A traveller in thirteenth-century Arabia : Ibn al-Mujāwir's Tārīkh al-mustabṣir /
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| Natura: | Licensed eBooks |
| Lingua: | inglese arabo |
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Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT :
Ashgate,
2008.
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| Serie: | Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ;
3rd ser., no. 19. |
| Accesso online: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=986870 |
Sommario:
- Ibn al-Mujāwir's introduction
- Ibn al-Mujāwir's route descriptions
- Ibn al-Mujāwir's parasang
- Place names
- Agriculture, crops, fruits, vegetables and food
- dress and social customs
- Magic, the wondrous and the bizarre
- Hstory and buildings
- Maps and plans and diagrams in the text
- Trade and commerce
- Source of social and economic history of Arabia
- Assessment of the contents.