INFORMATION ABOUT ṢAQĀLIBA IN THE ARABIC WRITING DOCUMENTS OF IX–XTH CENTURIES

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  V. Krukov

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In this paper, an attempt of the selection from the sum total of information about aqāliba mentioned in the scientific works of scientists of the Arab Caliphate in IX–Xth centuries message about the ancestors of Ukrainians is offered. The author of this article analyzes the semantics of etnonim aqāliba. According to this information the ancestors of Ukrainians lived in territorial space which stretched from the east to west from the upper reaches of the Siver Donec river to Pannonia. The process of expansion in the region of residence of the ancestors of Ukrainians to east to the lower reaches of the river Kuban is reflected in studied original text. The scientist-adib of mid-Xth century al-Mas‛udi knew some historical facts of Ukraine-Russ of a hundred years standing with respect to time of writing his work, in particular, government in Kiev of annalistic Dir. The reports of the representatives of the “classical school” of Arab geographers that the main center of furs trading of the “Country of Slavs” is Kiev are important as well.

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Krukov, V. (2015). INFORMATION ABOUT ṢAQĀLIBA IN THE ARABIC WRITING DOCUMENTS OF IX–XTH CENTURIES. The World of the Orient, (4 (89), 39-44. https://doi.org/10.15407/orientw2015.04.039
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