The journey of Ibn Fadlan

The Journey of Ibn Fadlan Research: Dr. Sami Al-Dahan Publisher: Dar Sadir Third Edition Publication Date: 1993 Number of Pages: 205 The Journey of Ibn Fadlan: the most famous and oldest text of a journey undertaken by a Muslim Arab to the land of the Slavs, which lasted eleven months. He was sent by the Abbasid Caliph Al-Muqtadir Billah upon the request of the King of the Bulgars to send a religious mission to teach his people the Islamic religion, and to build mosques and forts to protect them from enemies. And it is remarkable that this message was written by a jurist who excels in description in the finest way that writers excel; he depicts what runs through his feelings of joy, fear, and amazement; bringing us closer to the scenes with the closeness of a skilled writer, not a preacher jurist.