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Title:
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The Book of China: A Persian Merchant's Description of the Ming State for the Ottoman Court.
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Price:
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US$35.00
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Author:
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Hemmat, Kaveh & Curry, John (trans.)
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ISBN:
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978-0-231-22430-7
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Binding:
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Paperback
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Hardback
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Pub Date:
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202611
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Availability:
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NYP
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3 Maps
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Publisher(Imprint):
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Columbia U.P.
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Description:
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In the early sixteenth century, a Persian-speaking Muslim merchant traveled to China and stayed for six years. In a treatise presented to the rulers of the Ottoman Empire, he laid out his observations?here translated in full into English for the first time.
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