• Aḥmad ibn Faḍlān ibn al-ʿAbbās ibn Rāshid ibn Ḥammād, (Arabic: أحمد بن فضلان بن العباس بن راشد بن حماد; commonly known as Ahmad ibn Fadlan (or Ibn Foszlan...
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  • Beowulf combined with Ahmad ibn Fadlan's historical account of the Volga Vikings. It stars Antonio Banderas as ibn Fadlan, as well as Diane Venora and...
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    ISBN 978-1558763661. Ibn Fadlān 2012, p. 49. Ibn Fadlān 2012, p. 50. Ibn Fadlān 2012, pp. 49–52. Ibn Fadlān 2012, p. 51. Ibn Fadlān 2012, pp. 51–52. Ibn Fadlān 2012,...
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  • Eaters of the Dead: The Manuscript of Ibn Fadlan Relating His Experiences with the Northmen in AD 922 (later republished as The 13th Warrior to correspond...
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    requesting religious instruction. The next year an embassy returned with Ibn Fadlan as secretary. A significant number of Muslims already lived in the country...
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    shelemah)." Persian historian Ibn al-Faqîh wrote that "all the Khazars are Jews, but they have been Judaized recently". Ibn Fadlân, based on his Caliphal mission...
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    take place between the Rus and the Islamic World. The account written by Ibn Fadlan about his 921–922 travels from Baghdad to the capital of the Bulghar kingdom...
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    exquisite clothes since they pursue trade with great energy. In 921–922, ibn Fadlan was a member of a diplomatic delegation sent from Baghdad to Volga Bulgars...
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    Montgomery, 'Ibn Faḍlān and the Rūsiyyah', Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies, 3 (2000), 1–25. Archive.org. Includes a translation of Ibn Fadlān's discussion...
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  • Aḥmad ibn Faḍlān reached Bolghar and met with Almış. The Abbasid caliphate became an ally of Volga Bulgaria. Almış adopted the Islamic name Jaʿfar ibn ʿAbdallāh...
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