TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tadeusz Kowalski
AU  - Mustafa Switat
PY  - 2023
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 9783631858370
TI  - Ibrahim ibn Yaqub’s Account of His Travel to Slavic Countries as Transmitted by Al-Bakri
T2  - With Contemporary Commentaries edited by Mustafa Switat
DO  - 10.3726/b18590
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1315905
N2  - This is a critical edition of Ibrāhīm ibn Yaʿqūb's account of his trip to Slavic countries at the end of the 10th century. It presents a translation (from Arabic) and interpretation of Ibrāhīm ibn Yaʿqūb'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 Ibrāhīm ibn Yaʿqūb (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.
KW  - Poland, Eastern Europe, 10th century, early middle ages, travellers, Arabic sources
LA  - English
ER  -