Muslim Sources on the Magyars in the Second Half of the 9th Century (East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450, 35)

The Jayhānī Tradition Contains The Most Detailed Description Of The Magyars/hungarians Before The Conquest Of The Carpathian Basin (895). Unfortunately, The Book Itself Was Lost And It Can Only Be Reconstructed From Late Arabic, Persian And Turkic Copies. The Reconstruction Is Primarily Based On The Texts Of Al-marwazī, Ibn Rusta And Gardīzī. The Original Text Has Shorter And Longer Versions. The Basic Text Was Reformed At Least Twice And Later Copyists Added Further Emendation. This Study Focuses On The Philological Comments And Historical Interpretation Of The Magyar Chapter, Integrating The Results In The Fields Of Medieval Islamic Studies, The Medieval History Of Eurasian Steppe, And The Historiography Of Early Hungarian History--provided By Publisher. By István Zimonyi. The Hungarian Version Of The Present Work Was Completed In Late 2003 And Published Under The Title Muszlim Források A Honfoglalás Előtti Magyarokról. : A Ǧayhānī-hagyomány Magyar Fejezete (muslim Sources On The Magyars Before The Conquest : The Magyar Chapter Of The Jayhani Tradition)--preface, Page Ix. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 377-408) And Index. Includes Selections In Arabic, Persian And Ottoman Turkish With English Translation On Facing Page. Contents 6 Preface 10 List of Maps and Illustrations 14 Introduction 16 Chapter 1. The Jayhānī Tradition 22 1. The Personality of al-Jayhānī 22 2. Al-Jayhānī’s Literary Activity and His Geographical Work 26 3. The Sources of al-Jayhānī’s Geographical Work 31 Ibn Khurdādhbih 31 4. The Works Which Preserved the Jayhānī Tradition 33 Ibn Rusta 33 Ḥudūd al-ʿālam 34 Gardīzī 34 Al-Bakrī 35 Abūʾl-Fidāʾ 38 Al-Marwazī 38 ʿAwfī 39 Shukrallāh 39 Muḥammad Kātib 40 Ḥājjī Khalīfa 40 5. Al-Jayhānī’s Report on Central Asia and Eastern Europe 41 Chapter 2. The Versions and Translations of the Magyar Chapter 53 Chapter 3. The Interpretation of the Magyar Chapter 71 1. The Name of the Magyars 71 Folk Etymologies of the Designation Magyar 77 2. The Eastern Magyars 82 Pechenegs 82 Volga Bulgars 87 Äskäl 89 First Border 92 3. The Magyars as Turks 98 Turk Meaning Magyar 100 Magyars Belonging to the Turk Peoples 105 4. The Strength of the Magyar Army 117 5. The Political Organization 131 The Interpretation of the Word shiʿār 132 The Magyar King Kündä 133 The King Gyula 135 Dual Kingship 135 The Structure of Nomadic Empires 140 6. Houses and Nomadic Life 154 Yurts and Tents 154 Nomadic Way of Life 175 7. The Dimensions of the Magyar Lands 201 8. The Sea of Rūm and Its Two Rivers, Fishing in the Winter Quarters 217 The Roman Sea 219 Jayḥūn Amu Darya 245 Winter Quarters 248 Fishing 251 9. The Bulgars on the Danube 254 Onogundur ~ W.n.nd.r 256 Bulgars and Ogurs 259 Danube Bulgars 277 10. Etil and Danube 280 Danube 281 Volga 285 Etelköz, Habitat of the Magyars before the Conquest 296 The Role of Rivers in the Nomadic Way of Life 299 11. Moravia 305 12. The Characteristic of the Magyar Lands 318 13. Magyar Agriculture 321 14. Magyars and Slavs 324 Ṣaqāliba 332 Rūs 335 Kiev and the Magyars 339 Provisions 342 15. The Religion of the Magyars 345 16. Magyar-Byzantine Trade 349 Karkh 351 Slave Trade 352 Byzantine Merchandise 353 17. Khazar-Magyar Relations 355 Sarkel 355 Trench 357 Khazar-Magyar Relations 359 18. The Appearance of the Magyars 369 19. Clothes and Weapons 371 Weapons 372 20. Prosperity and Trade 373 21. Raids against the Slavs 374 22. The Distance between the Slavs and the Magyars 374 23. Bride-Price 375 24. The Eastern Border of the Magyar Territory 378 25. Slavic Castles against the Magyars 379 Summary 380 Bibliography 392 Index 424 Scope and content: "The Jayhānī tradition contains the most detailed description of the Magyars/Hungarians before the Conquest of the Carpathian Basin (895). Unfortunately, the book itself was lost and it can only be reconstructed from late Arabic, Persian and Turkic copies. The reconstruction is primarily based on the texts of al-Marwazī, Ibn Rusta and Gardīzī. The original text has shorter and longer versions. The basic text was reformed at least twice and later copyists added further emendation. This study focuses on the philological comments and historical interpretation of the Magyar chapter, integrating the results in the fields of medieval Islamic studies, the medieval history of Eurasian steppe, and the historiography of early Hungarian history"--Provided by publisher