Buch, Englisch, Band 4, 444 Seiten, Format (B × H): 167 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 966 g
Reihe: Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 8 Uralic & Central Asian Studies
The Rasūlid Hexaglot: Fourteenth Century Vocabularies in Arabic, Persian, Turkic, Greek, Armenian and Mongol
Buch, Englisch, Band 4, 444 Seiten, Format (B × H): 167 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 966 g
Reihe: Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 8 Uralic & Central Asian Studies
ISBN: 978-90-04-11769-3
Verlag: Brill
Aden, of old one of the main Eurasian 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 RasÅ«lid dynasty. One of their kings, al-Malik al-AfdÌ£al al- ‘AbbÄs b. ‘AlÄ« (1363-1377) wrote multilingual glossaries (vocabularia) of extraordinary importance, universally termed the 'RasÅ«lid Hexaglot'. Its emergence caused quite a stir (e.g. 'New York Times, February 1981'), and it is with pride that we now present our customers with 'the authoritative translation, commentary, and explanation of the socio-historical context by a group of major experts'.
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 one of the few examples of transcriptions of 'living' vernacular forms of the era. Thomas Allsen’s captivating chapter on the Eurasian Cultural Context of the dictionary makes clear, i.a., the depth of connections among several Eurasian cultural areas in the aftermath of the Mongol conquests.
