Mediaeval Researches from Eastern Asiatic Sources
Mediaeval Researches from Eastern Asiatic Sources

Author: E. Bretschneider

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-11-05

Total Pages: 371

ISBN-13: 1136380493

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First Published in 2000. This is Volume I of five of a series on China. Written in 1888, this starts with Part III of fragments towards the knowledge of the geography and history of Central and Western Asia from the thirteenth to the seventeenth century.

Mediaeval Researches from Eastern Asiatic Sources - Geography and History of Central and Western Asia from the 13th to the 17th Century
Mediaeval Researches from Eastern Asiatic Sources - Geography and History of Central and Western Asia from the 13th to the 17th Century

Author: E. Bretschneider

Publisher: READ BOOKS

Published: 2008-11

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 9781443739276

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Originally published in 1913. Author: Henri Lichtenberger Language: English Keywords: History Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Obscure Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.Keywords: English Keywords 1900s Language English Artwork

Gog and Magog in Early Eastern Christian and Islamic Sources
Gog and Magog in Early Eastern Christian and Islamic Sources

Author: E.J. van Donzel

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2010-05-17

Total Pages: 291

ISBN-13: 9047427629

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Alexander's alleged Wall against Gog and Magog, often connected with the enclosure of the apocalyptic people, was a widespread theme among Syriac Christians in Mesopotamia. In the ninth century Sallam the Interpreter dictated an account of his search for the barrier to the Arab geographer Ibn Khurradadhbih. The reliability of Sallam's journey from Samarra to Western China and back (842-45), however, has always been a highly contested issue. Van Donzel and Schmidt consider the travel account as historical. This volume presents a translation of the source while at the same time it carefully looks into other Eastern Christian and Muslim traditions of the famous lore. A comprehensive survey reconstructs the political and topographical data. As so many other examples, also this story pays witness to the influence of the Syriac Christian tradition on Koran and Muslim Traditions.