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Aden, of old one of the main Eerasian ports for goods from China, Southeast Asia and India on their way to the Mediterranean lands, was controlled during the 13th -15th centuries by the Rasulid dynasty. One of their kings, al-Malik al-Afdal al-Abbas b. Ali (1363-1377) wrote multilingual glossaries of extraordinary importance, universally termed the Rasulid Hexaglot . Its emergence caused quite a stir. This is an authorative translation, commentary and explanation of the socio-historical context surrounding this important text. The Arabic, Persian, Turkic, Greek, Armenian and Mongol languages in the King's Dictionary were the most important tongues of the Eastern Mediterranean. The Greek, Armenian and Mongol sections, in particular, provide examples of transcriptions of living vernacular forms of the era.

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Author:   Peter Golden ,  Tibor Halasi-Kun ,  Tibor Halasi-Kun ,  et al
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   4
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.40cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.827kg
ISBN:  

9789004117693

ISBN 10:   9004117695
Pages:   444
Publication Date:   18 May 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Peter B. Golden, Ph.D. (1970) in History, Columbia University. Professor of History at Rutgers University. Has published extensively on medieval Turkic history and culture, including Khazar Studies (Budapest, 1980), 2 vols., An Introduction to the History of the Turkic Peoples (Wiesbaden, 1992).

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