Ancient accounts of India and China, by two Mohammedan travellers. Who went to those parts in the 9th century / translated from the Arabic, by the late learned Eusebius Renaudot. With notes, illustrations and inquiries by the same hand.

  • Abū Zayd al-Sīrāfī
Date:
1733
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Credit: Ancient accounts of India and China, by two Mohammedan travellers. Who went to those parts in the 9th century / translated from the Arabic, by the late learned Eusebius Renaudot. With notes, illustrations and inquiries by the same hand. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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