Ahmad ibn Fadlan

أحمد بن فضلان بن العباس بن راشد بن حماد

Aḥmad ibn Faḍlān ibn al-ʿAbbās al-Baghdādī

Country

Abbasid Caliphate, Baghdad

Languages

Classical Arabic

Dates

c. 870-930

muslim world

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Ahmad ibn Fadlan ibn al-Abbas al-Baghdadi or simply known as Ibn Fadlan, was a 10th-century Arab traveler from Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate, famous for his account of his travels as a member of an embassy of the Abbasid caliph al-Muqtadir to the king of the Volga Bulgars, known as his risāla.