Accounts of China and India

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Cover -- ACCOUNTS OF CHINA AND INDIA -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- Letter from the General Editor -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Notes to the Introduction -- Map: The Lands and Seas of Abu Zāyd's Accounts -- ACCOUNTS OF CHINA AND INDIA -- Accounts of China and India: The First Book -- The Sea of Harkand -- Maritime Commerce between the Arabs and the Chinese -- The Sea Route from Sīrāf to Khānfū -- On Tides, and Unusual Phenomena of the Seas -- The Chinese and Some of Their Customs -- Accounts of the Lands of India and China and of Their Rulers -- China, and the Customs of Its Inhabitants -- India, and Some of the Customs of Its People -- Chinese and Indian Customs Compared -- Accounts of China and India: The Second Book -- The Changed Situation in China, and the Cause of It -- Various Practices and Manufactures of the Chinese -- The Visit of Ibn Wahb al-Qurashī to the King of China -- How the Seas Are Connected One to Another -- The Kingdom of al-Mihrāj -- The Land of al-Qamār and the Stupidity of Its King -- The Belief of the Eastern Kings in the Transmigration of Souls -- Accounts of China Continued -- Further Accounts of India -- Accounts of the Island of Sarandīb and of the Region of al-Aghbāb, Which Faces It -- General Accounts of India Continued -- The Land of the Zanj -- The Island of Socotra -- Seas and Lands Lying West of the Gulf of Oman -- Ambergris and Whales -- An Account of Pearls -- Further Accounts of Indian Customs -- Afterword to the Second Book -- Notes -- Glossary of Names and Terms -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute -- About the Translator -- The Library of Arabic LiteratureDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries