title: Information about Dagestan in the Arabic Geographical Work Kitab al-a’lak an-nafisa of Ibn Rusta
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metadata.value: Gizbulaev, Magomed A.
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metadata.value: 2021-08-25T11:54:04Z
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metadata.value: 2021-08-25T11:54:04Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2021-06
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metadata.value: Gizbulaev M. A. Information about Dagestan in the Arabic Geographical Work Kitab al-a’lak an-nafisa of Ibn Rusta. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies, 2021, vol. 13, issue 2, pp. 187–196.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu13.2021.204
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/32943
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metadata.value: The article provides information on the history of Dagestan in the 10th century on the basis
  of translation, commentary and comparative analysis of excerpts from the Arabic geographical
  work Kitab al-a’lak an-nafisa (Book of Precious Gems) by Abu ‘Ali Aḥmad ibn ‘Umar ibn
  Rusta who lived and wrote in Isfahan at the turn of the IX–X centuries about the history of
  the peoples of the Caucasus. As for information on Dagestan, Ibn Rusta’s work contains more
  information than Ibn Khordadbekh’s and Ibn Faqih’s works. In his work, Ibn Rusta adopts the
  ancient Greek theory of the division of the inhabited parts of the Earth into seven climates,
  for example, he places the region in question in the sixth and seventh climates. Ibn Rusta’s
  data on the geography and ethnography of northeastern Europe, as well as the political formations
  in the Caucasus, are unique and significantly supplement the author’s predecessors.
  The parts dedicated to Sarir, which gained its regional hegemony in the X century, are of particular
  importance. The author of the current article compares several reports on Dagestan
  from Ibn Rusta’s work with Ibn Khordadbekh’s Kitab al-masalik wa-l-mamalik and Ibn Faqih’s
  Kitab al-Buldan in order to determine whether the origin of the material is the same for these
  authors. As a result, only one passage was found that overlapped with the work of Ibn Khordadbekh.
  Also, it is noted that N. A. Karaulov’s translation contains interpretative flaws and
  some fragments from Ibn Rusta’s work are missing. The scientific significance of this article is
  determined by the fact that its materials can be used in further source studies in writing the
  medieval history of the Caucasus.
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metadata.value: ru
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies;Volume 13; Issue 2
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Ibn Rusta
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: medieval history of Dagestan
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Kitab al-a’lak an-nafisa
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Arabic geography
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Muslim historiography
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: source study
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Caucasus
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Information about Dagestan in the Arabic Geographical Work Kitab al-a’lak an-nafisa of Ibn Rusta
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metadata.value: Article
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