Ibrahim ibn Yaqub's Account of His Travel to Slavic Countries as Transmitted by Al-Bakri - With Contemporary Commentaries edited by Mustafa Switat

This is a critical edition of Ibrahim ibn Yaqub's account of his trip to Slavic countries at the end of the 10^th century. It presents a translation (from Arabic) and interpretation of Ibrahim ibn Yaqub's account with philological commentary, a reconstruction of the biographical identity of Ibrahim Ibn Jacob of Tortosa and an identification of the date of his trip. Pieces of information given by Ibrahim ibn Yaqub (or added by Al-Bakri from other sources) contain a number of facts regarding the social, economic, and political development of the entire Slavic world in the early middle ages.

List of contents

account - Ibrahim ibn Yaqub - Slavic countries - transmission - Al-Bakri - early middle ages

About the author

Tadeusz Jan Kowalski (1889-1948) was a professor at the Jagiellonian University, and a member of the Polish Academy of Learning. He was a Polish Orientalist (Turkologist, Arabist and specialist in Iranian studies). His academic work includes studies on Middle Eastern Muslim culture and languages.

Product details

• Authors: Tadeusz Kowalski
• Assisted by: Barbara Michalak-Pikulska (Editor), Mustafa Switat (Editor), Agnieszka Wa¿kiewicz (Translation), Agnieszka Waskiewicz (Translation)
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2022
• EAN: 9783631856086
• ISBN: 978-3-631-85608-6
• No. of pages: 194
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 18 mm x 210 mm
• Weight: 326 g
• Series: Studies in Oriental Culture and Literature; Studies in East Asian Literatures and Cultures
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries