Abbasid Caliphate
The Abbasid Caliphate ( Arabic: ٱلْخِلافَةُ ٱلْعَبَّاسِيَّة, al-Khilāfatu al-ʿAbbāsiyyah) was the third of the Islamic caliphates to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It was founded by a dynasty descended from Muhammad's uncle, Abbas ibn Abdul-Muttalib (566–653 CE), from whom the dynasty takes its name. They ruled as caliphs for most of the caliphate from their capital in Baghdad in modern-day Iraq and spread their influence in Caucasus, Southern Russia & Ukraine and Central Asia.
Kievan Rus
Kievan Rus' (Old East Slavic: Рѹ́сь (Rus' ), Arabic : رُوس (rūs), Greek: Ῥῶς (Rhôs), Latin: Rus(s)ia, Ruscia, Ruzzia, Rut(h)enia) was a loose federation of East Slavic and Scandinavian peoples in Europe from the late 9th to the mid-13th century, under the reign of the Scandinavian/Varangian Rurik dynasty.
Abbasid explorers, portmaster, diplomat & geographers with contact with Viking Rus'
Ibn Khordadbeh
Abu'l-Qasim Ubaydallah ibn Abdallah ibn Khordadbeh (c. 820 – 912 CE) . He was 'Director of Posts and Intelligence' in the northwest iran during Abbasid Caliphate. Around 846-847CE ibn Khordadbeh wrote Kitāb al Masālik w’al Mamālik (The Book of Roads and Kingdoms). His book contains information of how trade routes was organized between Khazars & Rus along with political forces involved.
Ahmad ibn Rustah
Aḥmad ibn Rusta Iṣfahānī . He was well known explorers in the Abbasid Caliphate and He wrote a geographical compendium known as 'Book of Precious Records'. He travelled to Novgorod with the Rus' and compiled books relating his own travels, as well as second-hand knowledge of the Khazars, Magyars, Slavs, Bulgars and other peoples.
Al-Mas‘udi
Abu al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī al-Masʿūdī; (c. 896–956) was a historian, geographer and traveler in the Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Mas‘udi was one of the first to combine history and scientific geography in a large-scale work, The Meadows of Gold and Mines of Gems (مروج الذهب و معادن الجوهر), a world history. His account of the Rūs is an important early source for the study of Russian history and the history of Ukraine. Al-Mas‘udi presented most of his material based on his personal observations and contacts made while traveling to the land of the Rūs.
Ahmad ibn Fadlan
Aḥmad ibn Faḍlān ibn al-ʿAbbās ibn Rāšid ibn Ḥammād, (921–22 CE) was an Arab traveler, famous for his account of his travels as a member of an embassy of the Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad to the king of the Volga Bulgars, known as his Risala ("account" or "journal").His account is most notable for providing a detailed description of the Volga Vikings (rūs), including an eyewitness account of a ship burial.
Viking Raid on Caspian Sea
913 CE - The Viking Rus' attacked in the Gorgan region around Abaskun, as well as Tabaristan, pillaging the countrysides as they went.An attempt to repel them as they lay in anchor near islands in the southwestern part of the Caspian Sea proved unsuccessful.I their reurn along the Volga Delta, the Rus' were attacked by Khazars and finished off by the Burtas and Volga Bulgars.
1031 CE - The Viking Rus' targeted Baku area and their raid was repulsed by local forces.
Ingvar the far-travelled
Ingvar led an unsuccessful large Swedish Viking attack against Persia in 1036–1042.
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Music
Stuart Chatwood - A Fight of Light & Darkness (Prince of Persia 2008 Soundtrack)
Garmarna - Herr Mannelig (Guds Spelemän)
Adam Skorupa - Round Shield Invader (Ancestors Legacy Soundtrack)
