Abu Zayd Al Sirafi: 2 books
Two Arabic Travel Books
Accounts of China and India and Mission to the Volga
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2014
Two Arabic Travel Books combines two exceptional exemplars of Arabic travel writing, penned in the same era but chronicling wildly divergent experiences. Accounts of China and India is a compilation of reports and anecdotes on the lands and peoples of the Indian Ocean, from the Somali headlands to...
by Abu Zayd al-Sirafi
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
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...