Abu Dhaf - Abu Dhaf

Japanese: アブー・ドラフ - あぶーどらふ
Abu Dhaf - Abu Dhaf

…His main interest was the holy sites and the pilgrimage to Mecca, and this section alone takes up more than one-third of the entire work. Other works include the Travel Report of Ibn Fadlan, one of the envoys sent to the Volga region by the Abbasid Caliph in 921, the China-India Travelogue of Abū Dulaf (years of birth and death unknown), the Chinese envoy of the Samanid Sultan (c. 942), the travelogues of Abū Ḥāmid (1080-1169), a traveler born in Granada, the travelogues of Ibn Sa'id (1213-86), also born in Spain, and the travelogues of Abd al-Lateef (1216-1220), born in Baghdad. Representative works include the intellectual Egyptian Voyage by al-Laṭīf (1162-1231), the Anatolian-Turkish Voyage of Amir Yash-Beg under the Mamluk dynasty, and the Hijaz Voyage by Mamluk sultan Qa'it Bay (reigned 1468-96). Other works in Arabic include the Safar Nama (Persian) by the Balkh-born Persian Nasir Khosrow (1003-61) and the travelogue (Turkish) by the Ottoman military traveler Evliya Çelebi (1611-84). Although there are fewer works than in other genres, there are more than 20 travel writings in the Islamic world in the Middle Ages alone.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Abu Drah" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…彼の興味の中心は聖地とメッカ巡礼であり,この部分だけで全体の3分の1以上を占めている。 このほかにアッバース朝カリフが921年にボルガ地方へ派遣した使節団の一人イブン・ファドラーンの《旅行報告書》,サーマーン朝スルタンの中国使節(942ごろ)アブー・ドラフAbū Dulaf(生没年不詳)の《中国インド紀行》,グラナダ生れの旅行家アブー・ハーミドAbū Ḥāmid(1080‐1169)の諸旅行記,同じくスペイン生れのイブン・サイードIbn Sa‘īd(1213‐86)の諸旅行記,バグダード生れのアブド・アルラテーフAbd al‐Laṭīf(1162‐1231)の知性あふれる《エジプト紀行》,マムルーク朝下《アミール・ヤシュ・ベクのアナトリア・トルコ紀行》,同じくマムルーク朝下のスルタン,カーイト・バイ(在位1468‐96)の《ヒジャーズ紀行》などが代表的なものである。このほかアラビア語以外にもバルフ生れのペルシア人ナーシル・ホスロー(1003‐61)の《サファル・ナーマ》(ペルシア語),オスマン帝国の軍人旅行家エウリヤ・チェレビー(1611‐84)の旅行記(トルコ語)などがあり,他のジャンルに比べると少ないとはいえイスラム世界の旅行記文学は中世だけでも20以上を数える。…

※「アブー・ドラフ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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