Accounts of China and India |
|
| Author:
| al-Sīrāfī, Abū Zayd |
| Translator:
| Mackintosh-Smith, Tim |
| Foreword by:
| Benite, Zvi Ben-Dor |
| Series title: | Library of Arabic Literature Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4798-3059-6 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2017 |
| Publisher: | New York University Press
|
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $15.00 |
Book Description:
|
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 ......
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 ......