Geography, Translation and the 'Abbasid Empire
by
Travis Zadeh
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
The story of the 9th-century caliphal mission from Baghdad to discover the legendary barrier against the apocalyptic nations of Gog and Magog mentioned in the Quran, has been either dismissed as superstition or treated as historical fact. By exploring the intellectual and literary history surrounding...