LEADER 03123nam 22005055 450 001 9910792871403321 005 20230809223236.0 010 $a1-4798-6205-3 024 7 $a10.18574/9781479862054 035 $a(CKB)3710000001108783 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4714307 035 $a(DE-B1597)547613 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781479862054 035 $a(OCoLC)1151796602 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001108783 100 $a20200608h20172017 fg 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aAccounts of China and India /$fAbu Zayd al-Sirafi 210 1$aNew York, NY :$cNew York University Press,$d[2017] 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (109 pages) $cillustrations, maps 225 0 $aLibrary of Arabic Literature ;$v55 311 0 $a1-4798-3059-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tLetter from the General Editor --$tAbout this Paperback --$tContents --$tForeword --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$tNotes to the Introduction --$tMap --$tAccounts of China and India: The First Book --$tAccounts of China and India: The Second Book --$tNotes --$tGlossary of Names and Terms --$tBibliography --$tIndex --$tAbout the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute --$tAbout the Translator --$tThe Library of Arabic Literature 330 $aThe ninth and tenth centuries witnessed the establishment of a substantial network of maritime trade across the Indian Ocean, providing the real-life background to the Sinbad tales. An exceptional exemplar of Arabic travel writing, Accounts of China and India is a compilation of reports and anecdotes about the lands and peoples of this diverse territory, from the Somali headlands of Africa to the far eastern shores of China and Korea. Traveling eastward, we discover a vivid human landscape?from Chinese society to Hindu religious practices?as well as a colorful range of natural wilderness?from flying fish to Tibetan musk-deer and Sri Lankan gems. The juxtaposed accounts create a kaleidoscope of a world not unlike our own, a world on the road to globalization. In its ports, we find a priceless cargo of information. Here are the first foreign descriptions of tea and porcelain, a panorama of unusual social practices, cannibal islands, and Indian holy men?a marvelous, mundane world, contained in the compass of a novella. 410 0$aLibrary of Arabic literature. 606 $aIndia$xDescription and travel$vEarly works to 1800 607 $aChina$xDescription and travel$vEarly works to 1800 607 $aIndia$xDescription and travel$vEarly works to 1800 615 0$aIndia$xDescription and travel 676 $a915.10418 700 $aal-Sirafi$b Abu Zayd$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01494614 701 $aBenite$b Zvi Ben-Dor$01494615 701 $aMackintosh-Smith$b Tim$01494616 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910792871403321 996 $aAccounts of China and India$93718217 997 $aUNINA