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A traveller in thirteenth-century Arabia : Ibn al-Mujawir's Tarikh al-mustabsir, translated from Oscar Löfgren's Arabic text and edited with revisions and annotations by G. Rex Smith
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- Summary
- "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, Tihamah, down into the Yemen and along the southern coast of the peninsula. He paused long in Aden, where he observed closely the activities of the port to report at some length on its administration, its taxes, its markets, its currency, its weights and measures, and the like. His route then continued along the southern coast of Arabia and into the Gulf, and he presumably returned home to the east via Iraq. The author is a wonderful observer of people: their buildings, their dress, their customs, their agriculture, their food and their history." "This book is a unique source for the social and economic history of thirteenth-century south Arabia, written with a humour and wit otherwise unknown in the writings of medieval Islam. The text is of major linguistic importance, too, written as it is in a far from classical Arabic. This translation is fully annotated with an introduction, appendices, glossary and full index, and contains maps and illustrations."--BOOK JACKET
- Language
-
- eng
- ara
- eng
- Extent
- xix, 341 p.
- Contents
-
- Maps
- List of Plans and Diagrams Accompanying the Text
- Introduction.
- p. 1
- Contents.
- p. 8
- Ibn al-Mujawir's introduction.
- p. 9
- Ibn al-Mujawir's route descriptions.
- p. 10
- Ibn al-Mujawir's parasang.
- p. 10
- Place names in the text.
- p. 11
- Agriculture, crops, fruits, vegetables and food.
- p. 12
- Dress and social customs.
- p. 12
- Magic, the wondrous and bizarre.
- p. 13
- History and buildings.
- p. 14
- Maps and plans and diagrams.
- p. 15
- Trade and commerce.
- p. 15
- Tarikh al-Mustabsir as a source of the economic and social history of Ayyubid Yemen.
- p. 16
- Assessment of the contents.
- p. 18
- Text.
- p. 19
- Ibn al-Mujawir's sources - personal observations, informants, literary works.
- p. 19
- language.
- p. 21
- manuscripts and the published edition.
- p. 23
- Other manuscripts.
- p. 24
- Place of Tarikh al-Mustabsir in Arabic Geographical and Travel Literature.
- p. 24
- Translator's Notes.
- p. 26
- Tarikh al-Mustabsir: Translation.
- p. 29
- Appendices
- App. A.
- Routes of Ibn al-Mujawir.
- p. 293
- App. B.
- Genealogical and Dynastic Tables.
- p. 298
- App. C.
- List of Literary Works Quoted by Ibn al-Mujawir in the Text.
- p. 301
- Glossary.
- p. 303
- Bibliography.
- p. 311
- Index.
- p. 325
- Isbn
- 9780904180916
- Label
- A traveller in thirteenth-century Arabia : Ibn al-Mujawir's Tarikh al-mustabsir
- Title
- A traveller in thirteenth-century Arabia
- Title remainder
- Ibn al-Mujawir's Tarikh al-mustabsir
- Statement of responsibility
- translated from Oscar Löfgren's Arabic text and edited with revisions and annotations by G. Rex Smith
- Language
-
- eng
- ara
- eng
- Summary
- "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, Tihamah, down into the Yemen and along the southern coast of the peninsula. He paused long in Aden, where he observed closely the activities of the port to report at some length on its administration, its taxes, its markets, its currency, its weights and measures, and the like. His route then continued along the southern coast of Arabia and into the Gulf, and he presumably returned home to the east via Iraq. The author is a wonderful observer of people: their buildings, their dress, their customs, their agriculture, their food and their history." "This book is a unique source for the social and economic history of thirteenth-century south Arabia, written with a humour and wit otherwise unknown in the writings of medieval Islam. The text is of major linguistic importance, too, written as it is in a far from classical Arabic. This translation is fully annotated with an introduction, appendices, glossary and full index, and contains maps and illustrations."--BOOK JACKET
- Cataloging source
- UKM
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/collectionName
- Tarikh al-mustabsir
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1204 or 1205-1291 or 1292
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ibn al-Mujāwir, Yūsuf ibn Yaʻqūb
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- DS206
- LC item number
- .I2613 2007
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Smith, G. Rex
- Series statement
- Hakluyt Society.
- Series volume
- 19
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Arabian Peninsula
- Arabian Peninsula
- Ibn al-Mujāwir, Yūsuf ibn Yaʻqūb
- Label
- A traveller in thirteenth-century Arabia : Ibn al-Mujawir's Tarikh al-mustabsir, translated from Oscar Löfgren's Arabic text and edited with revisions and annotations by G. Rex Smith
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Maps
- List of Plans and Diagrams Accompanying the Text
- Introduction.
- p. 1
- Contents.
- p. 8
- Ibn al-Mujawir's introduction.
- p. 9
- Ibn al-Mujawir's route descriptions.
- p. 10
- Ibn al-Mujawir's parasang.
- p. 10
- Place names in the text.
- p. 11
- Agriculture, crops, fruits, vegetables and food.
- p. 12
- Dress and social customs.
- p. 12
- Magic, the wondrous and bizarre.
- p. 13
- History and buildings.
- p. 14
- Maps and plans and diagrams.
- p. 15
- Trade and commerce.
- p. 15
- Tarikh al-Mustabsir as a source of the economic and social history of Ayyubid Yemen.
- p. 16
- Assessment of the contents.
- p. 18
- Text.
- p. 19
- Ibn al-Mujawir's sources - personal observations, informants, literary works.
- p. 19
- language.
- p. 21
- manuscripts and the published edition.
- p. 23
- Other manuscripts.
- p. 24
- Place of Tarikh al-Mustabsir in Arabic Geographical and Travel Literature.
- p. 24
- Translator's Notes.
- p. 26
- Tarikh al-Mustabsir: Translation.
- p. 29
- Appendices
- App. A.
- Routes of Ibn al-Mujawir.
- p. 293
- App. B.
- Genealogical and Dynastic Tables.
- p. 298
- App. C.
- List of Literary Works Quoted by Ibn al-Mujawir in the Text.
- p. 301
- Glossary.
- p. 303
- Bibliography.
- p. 311
- Index.
- p. 325
- Control code
- ocn156891177
- Dimensions
- 26 cm.
- Extent
- xix, 341 p.
- Isbn
- 9780904180916
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Label
- A traveller in thirteenth-century Arabia : Ibn al-Mujawir's Tarikh al-mustabsir, translated from Oscar Löfgren's Arabic text and edited with revisions and annotations by G. Rex Smith
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Maps
- List of Plans and Diagrams Accompanying the Text
- Introduction.
- p. 1
- Contents.
- p. 8
- Ibn al-Mujawir's introduction.
- p. 9
- Ibn al-Mujawir's route descriptions.
- p. 10
- Ibn al-Mujawir's parasang.
- p. 10
- Place names in the text.
- p. 11
- Agriculture, crops, fruits, vegetables and food.
- p. 12
- Dress and social customs.
- p. 12
- Magic, the wondrous and bizarre.
- p. 13
- History and buildings.
- p. 14
- Maps and plans and diagrams.
- p. 15
- Trade and commerce.
- p. 15
- Tarikh al-Mustabsir as a source of the economic and social history of Ayyubid Yemen.
- p. 16
- Assessment of the contents.
- p. 18
- Text.
- p. 19
- Ibn al-Mujawir's sources - personal observations, informants, literary works.
- p. 19
- language.
- p. 21
- manuscripts and the published edition.
- p. 23
- Other manuscripts.
- p. 24
- Place of Tarikh al-Mustabsir in Arabic Geographical and Travel Literature.
- p. 24
- Translator's Notes.
- p. 26
- Tarikh al-Mustabsir: Translation.
- p. 29
- Appendices
- App. A.
- Routes of Ibn al-Mujawir.
- p. 293
- App. B.
- Genealogical and Dynastic Tables.
- p. 298
- App. C.
- List of Literary Works Quoted by Ibn al-Mujawir in the Text.
- p. 301
- Glossary.
- p. 303
- Bibliography.
- p. 311
- Index.
- p. 325
- Control code
- ocn156891177
- Dimensions
- 26 cm.
- Extent
- xix, 341 p.
- Isbn
- 9780904180916
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
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