Ahmad ibn Fadlan's mission

GPTKB entity

Statements (22)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:diplomat
gptkbp:destination gptkb:Volga_Bulgaria
gptkbp:documentedIn gptkb:Ahmad_ibn_Fadlan
gptkbp:encounteredBy gptkb:Khazars
gptkb:Oghuz_Turks
gptkb:Rus'_people
gptkbp:historicalSignificance primary source on Volga Bulgars and early Rus'
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ahmad ibn Fadlan's mission
gptkbp:language gptkb:Arabic
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Ahmad_ibn_Fadlan
gptkbp:notableFor ethnographic observations
detailed description of the Rus' funeral
gptkbp:purpose to provide religious instruction in Islam
to deliver a letter and gifts to the Volga Bulgar khan
gptkbp:resultedIn Risala of Ahmad ibn Fadlan
gptkbp:route Baghdad to Volga Bulgaria via the Caspian Sea and the Volga River
gptkbp:sentBy gptkb:Caliph_al-Muqtadir
gptkb:Abbasid_Caliphate
gptkbp:startYear 921
gptkbp:yearArrived 922
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Conversion_to_Islam_in_922
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7