Commercial relations between Arabs and Slavs
Subtitle: 9th-11th centuries
By: Ahmad Nazmi.
Series: Dzieje Orientu
Publisher: Wydawn. Akademickie DIALOG
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Warszawa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9788386483709
Subjects: Arabs -- Commerce -- Slavic countries -- History.; Muslims -- Commerce -- Slavic countries -- History.; Slavs -- Commerce -- Islamic countries -- History.
Description: 298 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [266]-283) and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface … 9; title: Survey of sources … 14; title: Geographical sources … 14; title: Travellers … 38; title: History and chronicles … 43; title: Other sources … 45; title: ◦; title: I. THE WORLD OF COMMERCE … 47; title: Islamic component in the realm of trade … 47; title: Commercial world of the Mediterranean … 54; title: Economic competition between the two powers — contradiction between two policies … 60; title: The Khazar-Arab conflict … 65; title: ◦; title: II. ARABIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE SLAVS (as-Sāqāliba) … 74; title: The term “Saqāliba” — its meaning and etymology … 74; title: The question of the Saqāliba in Muslim Spain … 77; title: Geographical location of the Saqāliba (Saqlaba) … 80; title: Peoples affiliated with or related to the Slavs … 89; title: — 1. The Rūs /Ar-Rūsiya … 89; title: — 2. The Bulgār … 101; title: ◦; title: III. THE MIDDLEMEN OF TRADE … 114; title: 1. Jewish merchants … 114; title: — The Jewish communities … 114; title: — Radanites … 121; title: — The Khazar merchants … 129; title: 2. The Rūs merchants … 139; title: 3. The Bulgār merchants … 151; title: — Geographical location of the town of Bulgar … 158; title: 4.  Muslim merchants … 164; title: ◦; title: IV. COMMERCIAL EXCHANGE AND TRADING COMMODITIES … 183; title: 1 . Slave trade … 183; title: — System of slavery in the Muslim society … 183; title: — The origin of the slaves in the caliphate … 184; title: — Slave hunters … 186; title: — Mediators and brokers … 189; title: — Muslim slave markets … 191; title: 2. Fur trade … 198; title: 3. Other commodities … 203; title: ◦; title: V. TRADE ROUTES … 211; title: Northern routes … 212; title: Axial routes … 217; title: Samkirš … 218; title: Tmutarkan (Matarha)  … 220; title: Sarkel … 221; title: ◦; title: VI. THE MONETARY QUESTION … 225; title: The monetary question in the caliphate … 225; title: — Sources of precious metals … 229; title: The monetary question in European region … 235; title: ◦; title: CONCLUSION … 243; title: ◦; title: ANNEXES … 253; title: Revenues of the caliphate at the beginning of the ninth century AD according to the list of Al-Gahšiyārī … 253; title: Dates of the principal authors and sources … 256; title: ◦; title: Fig. no. 1:  The seven climes according to Al-Bīrūnī and Yāqūt … 258; title: Fig. no. 2:  The seven climes according to Yāqūt … 259; title: Fig. no. 3: The Globe (Kūrat al-ard) according to Kitāb Ihwān as-Safā’ wa-hullān al-wafā’ … 260; title: Fig. no. 4:  The seven climes according to Šams ad-Dīn ad-Dimašqī … 261; title: Fig. no. 5:  The World Map according to Yāqūt … 262; title: ◦; title: Map no. 1:  Peoples of Eastern Europe … 263; title: Map no. 2:  Main commercial centres in Eastern Europe. 10th-11th centuries … 264; title: Map no. 3:  Trade routes between the caliphate and Eastern Europe … 265; title: ◦; title: Bibliography … 266; title: Index … 284