Ibn Fadlan'S Journey To Russia,New Joel G. Colton A Guerrilla War

A Guerrilla War

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Ibn Fadlan'S Journey To Russia,New Joel G. Colton A Guerrilla WarThis Is The First English Translation Of The Famous Risala, Letters By The Tenthcentury Traveler Ibn Fadlan, One Of The Great Medieval Travelers In World History, Akin To Ibn Battuta. Ibn Fadlan Was An Arab Missionary Sent By The Caliph In Baghdad To The King Of The Bulghars. He Journeyed From Baghdad To Bukhara In Central Asia And Then Continued Across The Desert To The Town Of Bulghar, Near Present Kazan. He Describes The Tribes He Met On His Way