Ibrahim Ibn Yaqub's Account of His Travel to Slavic Countries As Transmitted by Al-Bakri : : With Contemporary Commentaries Edited by Mustafa Switat.

• Superior document: Studies in East Asian Literatures and Cultures Series ; v.7
• Author: Switat, Mustafa.
• TeilnehmendeR: Waśkiewicz, Agnieszka.; Kowalski, Tadeusz.
• Place / Publishing House: Frankfurt a.M. : : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften,, 2022.; ©2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in East Asian Literatures and Cultures Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (196 pages)

The book provides new findings regarding the social, economic, and political development of the entire Slavic world in the early middle ages based on a critical edition of Ibrāhīm ibn Yaʿqūb's account of his trip to Slavic countries as transmitted by Al-Bakri.

Table of Contents

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Table of contents -- Mustafa Switat: Editor's Note -- Jerzy Strzelczyk: Ibrāhīm ibn Ya'qūb - a Preface to the English Edition -- Tadeusz Kowalski - Ibrāhīm ibn Ya'qūb's Account of His Travel to Slavic Countries as Transmitted by Al-Bakrī -- Foreword -- 1 The Story of the Present Edition -- 2 The Manuscripts of Kitāb al- Mamālik wal-Masālik -- 3 The Rules for Editing the Arabic Text, Developing the Critical Apparatus, Translating the Text into Polish and Writing the Philological Commentary -- 4 The Ibrāhīm-Ţurţūshī Problem -- 5 Who Was Ibrāhīm the Tortosan? -- 6 The Mention of Slavs -- 7 Philological Commentary -- SUPPLEMENTS -- Mateusz Bogucki: Archaeological Commentary on Ibrāhīm ibn Ya'qūb's Account -- Mateusz Wilk: Ibrāhīm ibn Ya'qūb's Account in the Context of Source Analysis -- BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES -- INDEX OF NAMES -- INDEX OF GEOGRAPHICAL AND ETHNIC NAMES -- ARABIC TEXT OF IBRĀHĪM IBN YA'QŪB'S ACCOUNT.