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A traveller in thirteenth-century Arabia

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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,

Title A traveller in thirteenth-century Arabia : Ibn al-Mujawir's Tarikh al-Mustabsir / translated from Oscar Lofgren's Arabic text and edited with revisions and annotations by G. Rex Smith.
Publisher London : Routledge
Creation Date 2016
Notes First published 2008 by Ashgate Publishing.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
English
Content Cover
Frontispiece
Contents
Map 1: Ibn al-Mujawir's World
Map 2: Seventh/Thirteenth Century Arabia
List of Plans and Diagrams Accompanying The Text
Preface
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
The Author
Historical Background
The Yemen
The Hejaz
The Contents
Ibn al-Mujawir's introduction
Ibn al-Mujawir's route descriptions
Ibn al-Mujawir's parasang
Place names in the text
Agriculture, crops, fruits, vegetables and food
Dress and social customs
Magic, the wondrous and the bizarre
History and buildings
Maps and plans diagrams
Trade and commerce
Tarikh al-Mustabsir as a source of the economic and social history of Ayyubid Yemen Assessment of the contents
The Text
Ibn al-Mujawir's sources - personal observations, informants, literary work
The language
The manuscripts and the published edition
Other manuscripts
The Place of Tarikh al-Mustabsir in Arabic Geographical and Travel Literature
Translators Notes
On the translation
On the notes
On the glossary, appendixes and bibliography
On the maps
Tarikh al-Mustabsir: Translation
Appendix A The Routes of Ibn al-Mujawir
Appendix B Genealogical and Dynastic Tables
1. Genealogical Table of B. Al-Karam/Al-Mukarram (Yemen)2. The Zaydi Imams from the 5th to the 7th/13th Century (Yemen)
3. The Ziyadids (Yemen)
4. The Najahids (Yemens)
5. The Sulayhids (Yemen)
6. The Zuray'ids (Yemen)
7. The Mahdids (Yemen)
8. The Ayyubids (Yemen)
9. The Musawids (Hejaz)
10. B. Hashim (Hejaz)
11. B. Qatadah (Hejaz)
Appendix C List of Literary Works Quoted by Ibn al-Mujawir in the Text
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
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D
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G
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K
L
M
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Series Works Issued by the Hakluyt Society, 0072-9396
3rd series, Number 19
Extent 1 online resource (362 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010717846805171
MARC RECORDS
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