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For a long time, only an incomplete version of the account was known, as transmitted in the geographical dictionary of Yāqūt (under the headings Atil, Bashgird , Bulghār, Khazar, Khwārizm, Rus), published in 1823 by Fraehn. Only in 1923 a manuscript was discovered by the Turkish scholar Zeki Validi Togan in the library of the Persian city of Mashhad. The manuscript MS 5229 dates from the 13th century12th century 13th century 14th century other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. Events Fourth through eighth crusades of western European kingdoms against Islam Fall of (7th cent. HijraHijra may refer to: Hijra (Hegira/Hijrah/Hejira) is an Arabic term referring to the migration of the Prophet Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622. Hijra is a term for specific kind of sexual identification in Indian culture. Hejira is an album by Joni Mit) and consists of 420 pages (210 folia). Besides other geographical treatises, it contains a fuller version of Ibn Fadlan's text (pp. 390-420). Additional passages not preserved in MS 5229 are quoted in the work of the 16th century15th century 16th century 17th century more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. Events Beginning of the " Little Ice Age" a cooling period that resulted in lower crop yi geographerA geographer is a scientist whose area of study is geography, the study of the physical environment and human habitat. Historically known as someone who makes maps, mapmaking is actually the field of study of cartography, a subset of geography. The geogra Amin RaziAmin Razi Amīn Rāzī 16th century persian geographer, author of an encyclopedia called haft iqlīm (seven climes). called haft iqlīm (seven climes).
Ibn Fadlan was sent from Baghdad in 921Events Embassy of Ahmad ibn Fadlan from Baghdad to the king of the Volga Bulgars on behalf of the Abbasid Caliph al-Muqtadir. Births King Edmund I of England. Onmyoji Abe no Seimei Deaths September 1 Richard of Autun, Duke of Burgundy September 15 Saint L to serve as the secretary to an ambassador from the AbbasidHarun al-Rashid Abbasid was the dynastic name generally given to the caliphs of Baghdad, the second of the two great Sunni dynasties of the Muslim empire. The Abbasid empire was after the Umayyid Empire. The Abbasid caliphs officially based their claim to Caliph al-Muqtadir to the king of the Volga Bulgars, Almis.
The embassy's objective was to have the king of the Bulghars pay homage to the Caliph and to give him money to pay for the construction of a fortress. The mission fails, because they are unable to collect the money intended for the king. They do reach the Bulghars, however, but the king, being annoyed at not receiving the promised sum, refuses to switch from the malekite rite to the hanefite rite of Baghdad.
The embassy leaves Baghdad on June 21 921 (11 Safar 309). It reaches the Bulghars after much hardship on May 12 922 (12 Muharram 310). Its itinerary takes Ibn Fadlan from Baghdad to Bukhara, to Khwarizm (south of the Aral Sea), to Jurjaniya where they spend the winter, north across the Ural River until they reach the camp of the Bulghars at the three lakes of the Volga (near modern Samara).