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#Abbasid Caliphate

Sources & Evidence Ibn Fadlan: The Baghdad Envoy Who Met the Vikings on the Volga Who was Ibn Fadlan? Follow the Abbasid envoy from Baghdad to the Volga in 921–922 and read what he really wrote about the Rus' and their ship funeral. 22 September 2026 · 16 min read