The King's Dictionary: The Ras?lid Hexaglot: Fourteenth Century Vocabularies in Arabic, Persian, Turkic, Greek, Armenian and Mongol: The Rasulid . ORIENTAL STUDIES/HANDBUCH DER ORIENTALISTIK)

Golden, P. B., Peter B. Golden und Peter B Golden:

ISBN 10: 9004117695 / ISBN 13: 9789004117693

Published by BRILL ACADEMIC PUB, 2000

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442 pp Cloth binding in very good condition, flawless inside and out. Please see our pictures. The Rasulid Hexaglot is a 14th-century glossary written by or for the Yemeni king Al-Afdal al-Abbas and contains words in six languages: Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Greek, Armenian, and Mongolian. Leineneinband in sehr gutem Zustand, innen wie außen tadellos. Bitte beachten Sie unsere Bilder. Das Rasulid Hexaglot ist ein Glossar aus dem 14. Jahrhundert, das vom jemenitischen König Al-Afdal al-Abbas geschrieben oder für ihn erstellt wurde und Wörter in sechs Sprachen enthält: Arabisch, Persisch, Türkisch, Griechisch, Armenisch und Mongolisch. PU-120 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 975.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The King's Dictionary: The Ras?lid Hexaglot: Fourteenth Century Vocabularies in Arabic, Persian, Turkic, Greek, Armenian and Mongol: The Rasulid . ORIENTAL STUDIES/HANDBUCH DER ORIENTALISTIK)
• Publisher: BRILL ACADEMIC PUB
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004117695
• ISBN 13: 9789004117693
• Binding: 16.51 cm x 3.18 cm x 24.77 cm
• Condition: Sehr gut
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Weight: 975 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Orientalismus

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Synopsis

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 Rasūlid dynasty. One of their kings, al-Malik al-Afḍal al- ‘Abbās b. ‘Alī (1363-1377) wrote multilingual glossaries (vocabularia) of extraordinary importance, universally termed the Rasūlid 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.

About the Author

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).