| Description |
1 online resource (1 volume (unpaged)). |
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text file |
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Library of Arabic literature
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Library of Arabic literature.
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| Note |
Translated from the Arabic. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Letter from the General Editor; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Notes to the Introduction; Map: The Lands and Seas of Abu Zāyd's Accounts; Accounts of China and India; Accounts of China and India: The First Book; The Sea of Harkand; Maritime Commerce between the Arabs and the Chinese; The Sea Route from Sīrāf to Khānfū; On Tides, and Unusual Phenomena of the Seas; The Chinese and Some of Their Customs; Accounts of the Lands of India and China and of Their Rulers; China, and the Customs of Its Inhabitants. |
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India, and Some of the Customs of Its PeopleChinese and Indian Customs Compared; Accounts of China and India: The Second Book; The Changed Situation in China, and the Cause of It; Various Practices and Manufactures of the Chinese; The Visit of Ibn Wahb al-Qurashī to the King of China; How the Seas Are Connected One to Another; The Kingdom of al-Mihrāj; The Land of al-Qamār and the Stupidity of Its King; The Belief of the Eastern Kings in the Transmigration of Souls; Accounts of China Continued; Further Accounts of India. |
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Accounts of the Island of Sarandīb and of the Region of al-Aghbāb, Which Faces ItGeneral Accounts of India Continued; The Land of the Zanj; The Island of Socotra; Seas and Lands Lying West of the Gulf of Oman; Ambergris and Whales; An Account of Pearls; Further Accounts of Indian Customs; Afterword to 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
China -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
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China. |
| Chronological Term |
Early works to 1800 |
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India -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
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India. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Early works.
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| Added Author |
Mackintosh-Smith, Tim, 1961- translator.
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Ben-Dor Benite, Zvi, author of introduction.
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| Added Title |
Silsilat al-tawārīkh. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2019092653
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sīrāfī, Abū Zayd Ḥasan ibn Yazīd, active 10th century author. Accounts of China and India. New York : New York University Press, 2017 9781479830596 (DLC) 2016040524 |
| ISBN |
9781479862054 (electronic book) |
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1479862053 (electronic book) |
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9781479814428 (electronic book) |
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1479814423 (electronic book) |
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9781479830596 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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