Accounts of China and India / / Abū Zayd al-Sīrāfī.

The ninth and tenth centuries witnessed the establishment of a substantial network of maritime trade across the Indian Ocean, providing the real-life background to the Sinbad tales. An exceptional exemplar of Arabic travel writing, Accounts of China and India is a compilation of reports and anecdote...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2017]
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Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Series:Library of Arabic Literature ; 55
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Physical Description:1 online resource
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Letter from the General Editor
  • About this Paperback
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Notes to the Introduction
  • Map
  • Accounts of China and India
  • Accounts of China and India: The First Book
  • Accounts of China and India: The Second Book
  • Notes
  • Glossary of Names and Terms
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute
  • About the Translator
  • The Library of Arabic Literature