The journey of Ibn Fadlan

Book title: The Journey of Ibn Fadlan to the Land of the Turks, Russians, and Sogdians Author: Ahmed ibn Fadlan Editor: Dr. Sami Al-Dahan Number of volumes: 1 Number of pages: 203 Publisher: Dar Sadir The journey of Ibn Fadlan is the oldest text of a journey undertaken by an Arab who cultivated distant friends in the world, reaching the lands of the Turks, Russians, and Sogdians "Slavs" in the year 921 AD. The importance of this journey is that it provides us with rare snippets of the lifestyles of peoples rarely documented, filling a historical gap in this field. Ibn Fadlan is considered a pioneer in indicating the history of Slavic peoples, especially the Russians. This journey reveals a vast gap between the level of civilization from which this ambassador came and the tribes and peoples among whom he traveled, who were still in the stage of barbarism. Much has been said about this journey, and it has been translated multiple times into most of the major languages in the world. This edition is the first of its kind in Arabic, gathering echoes from the journey that occupied a notable space in Arabic geographical heritage books, including extensive citations from Yaqut al-Hamawi, as well as Al-Qazwini, who was not known to researchers to have used Ibn Fadlan in his references.