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    A traveller in thirteenth-century Arabia : (Record no. 10807)

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    008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
    fixed length control field 070427s2008 enkab b 001 0 eng
    010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
    LC control number 2007017576
    040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
    Original cataloging agency DLC
    Language of cataloging eng
    Transcribing agency DLC
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    020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
    International Standard Book Number 9780904180916 (alk. paper)
    020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
    International Standard Book Number 0904180913 (alk. paper)
    035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
    System control number (OCoLC)123912616
    041 1# - LANGUAGE CODE
    Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng
    Language code of original ara
    043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE
    Geographic area code a-ye---
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    050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
    Classification number DS206
    Item number .I2613 2008
    050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
    Classification number G161
    Item number .H2 ser.3:no.19
    082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
    Classification number 915.304/2
    Edition number 22
    100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
    Personal name Ibn al-Mujāwir, Yūsuf ibn Yaʻqūb,
    Dates associated with a name 1204 or 1205-1291 or 1292.
    240 10 - UNIFORM TITLE
    Uniform title Tārīkh al-muṣtabṣir.
    Language of a work English
    245 12 - TITLE STATEMENT
    Title A traveller in thirteenth-century Arabia :
    Remainder of title Ibn al-Mujāwir's Tārīkh al-mustabṣir /
    Statement of responsibility, etc. translated from Oscar Löfgren's Arabic text and edited with revisions and annotations by G. Rex Smith.
    260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
    Place of publication, distribution, etc. Aldershot, England ;
    -- Burlington, VT :
    Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Ashgate,
    Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2008.
    300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
    Extent xix, 341 pages :
    Other physical details illustrations, maps ;
    Dimensions 26 cm.
    490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT
    Series statement Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ;
    Volume/sequential designation 3rd ser., no. 19
    500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
    General note "Published by Ashgate for The Hakluyt Society, London."
    504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
    Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-324) and index.
    505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
    Formatted contents note Contents -- Ibn al-Mujāwir's introduction -- Ibn al-Mujāwir's route descriptions -- -- Ibn al-Mujāwir's parasang -- Place names -- Agriculture, crops, fruits, vegetables and food -- dress and social customs -- Magic, the wondrous and the bizarre -- Hstory and buildings -- Maps and plans and diagrams in the text -- Trade and commerce -- Source of social and economic history of Arabia -- Assessment of the contents.
    520 1# - SUMMARY, ETC.
    Summary, etc. "This is the first English translation of the Tarikh al-Mustabsir, written in the early quarter of the thirteenth century by Ibn al-Mujawir. The text is a fascinating account of the western and southern areas of the Arabian peninsula by a man from the east of the Islamic world, probably from Khurasan in Iran." "Ibn al-Mujawir was a man who in all probability followed the age-old Islamic practice of making the pilgrimage to Mecca and thereafter travelling in the area to further his business interests. His route began in Mecca and essentially ran south through the Red Sea coastal plain, Tihamah, down into the Yemen and along the southern coast of the peninsula. He paused long in Aden, where he observed closely the activities of the port to report at some length on its administration, its taxes, its markets, its currency, its weights and measures, and the like. His route then continued along the southern coast of Arabia and into the Gulf, and he presumably returned home to the east via Iraq. The author is a wonderful observer of people: their buildings, their dress, their customs, their agriculture, their food and their history." "This book is a unique source for the social and economic history of thirteenth-century south Arabia, written with a humour and wit otherwise unknown in the writings of medieval Islam. The text is of major linguistic importance, too, written as it is in a far from classical Arabic. This translation is fully annotated with an introduction, appendices, glossary and full index, and contains maps and illustrations."--Jacket.
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    651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
    Geographic name Yemen (Republic)
    General subdivision Description and travel
    Form subdivision Early works to 1800.
    651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
    Geographic name Mecca (Saudi Arabia)
    General subdivision Description and travel
    Form subdivision Early works to 1800.
    651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
    Geographic name Saudi Arabia
    General subdivision Description and travel
    Form subdivision Early works to 1800.
    700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
    Personal name Smith, G. Rex
    Fuller form of name (Gerald Rex)
    710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME
    Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element Hakluyt Society.
    830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE
    Uniform title Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ;
    Volume/sequential designation 3rd ser., no. 19.
    856 41 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
    Materials specified Table of contents
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