Ibrahim ibn Yaqub's Account of His Travel to Slavic Countries as Transmitted by Al-Bakri : With Contemporary Commentaries edited by Mustafa Switat (Studies in Oriental Culture and Literature 7) (2022. 194 S. 210 mm)

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 Ibrahim ibn Yaqub's account of his trip to Slavic countries as transmitted by Al-Bakri.

This is a critical edition of Ibrahim ibn Yaqub's account of his trip to Slavic countries at the end of the 10^th century. It presents a translation (from Arabic) and interpretation of Ibrahim ibn Yaqub's account with philological commentary, a reconstruction of the biographical identity of Ibrahim Ibn Jacob of Tortosa and an identification of the date of his trip. Pieces of information given by Ibrahim ibn Yaqub (or added by Al-Bakri from other sources) contain a number of facts regarding the social, economic, and political development of the entire Slavic world in the early middle ages.

account - Ibrahim ibn Yaqub - Slavic countries - transmission - Al-Bakri - early middle ages

Tadeusz Jan Kowalski (1889-1948) was a professor at the Jagiellonian University, and a member of the Polish Academy of Learning. He was a Polish Orientalist (Turkologist, Arabist and specialist in Iranian studies). His academic work includes studies on Middle Eastern Muslim culture and languages.