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Mapping frontiers across medieval Islam : geography, translation, and the 'Abbāsid Empire / Travis Zadeh.

By: Series: Library of Middle East history ; 27.Publication details: New York : I.B. Tauris, 2011.Description: xii, 315 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., geneal. table, maps ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781848854512
  • 184885451X
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 909.09767 23 Z17
LOC classification:
  • DS38.6 .Z32 2011
Summary: The story of the 9th-century caliphal mission from Baghdad to discover the legendary barrier against the apocalyptic nations of Gog and Magog mentioned in the Quran has been either dismissed as superstition or treated as historical fact. By exploring the intellectual and literary history surrounding the production and early reception of this adventure, Travis Zadeh traces the conceptualization of frontiers within early 'Abbasid society and re-evaluates the modern treatment of marvels and monsters inhabiting medieval Islamic descriptions of the world.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [262]-285) and indexes.

The story of the 9th-century caliphal mission from Baghdad to discover the legendary barrier against the apocalyptic nations of Gog and Magog mentioned in the Quran has been either dismissed as superstition or treated as historical fact. By exploring the intellectual and literary history surrounding the production and early reception of this adventure, Travis Zadeh traces the conceptualization of frontiers within early 'Abbasid society and re-evaluates the modern treatment of marvels and monsters inhabiting medieval Islamic descriptions of the world.