His account of his travels with the embassy, the risala, describes his confrontation with a people called the rus or varangians, who were traders and marauders of swedish origin and. May 20, 2019 ahmad ibn fadlan was described as an arab in contemporaneous sources. In dit reisverslag beschreef ibn fadlan onder meer zijn ontmoeting met. This link is still to be established firmly on strong historical grounds. Sep 27, 2010 ahmad ibn fadlan ibn alabbas ibn rashid ibn hammad was a 10 th century muslim arab writer and traveller who led an embassy to the king of the volga bulgars.
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