Ibn Fadlan ابن فضلان
envoy · traveler · Abbasid Baghdad · 10th century
A member of the embassy the caliph of Baghdad sent to the king of the Volga Bulgars in 921. He left a report of what he saw on the way.
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winter 922 · On the way to the Volga, wintering in Khwarazm
I would come out of the bathhouse, and when I got into the house I would look at my beard and it was one solid lump of ice, so that I had to hold it close to the fire.
ولقد كنت أخرج من الحمام فإذا دخلت إلى البيت نظرت إلى لحيتي وهي قطعة واحدة من الثلج حتى كنت أدنيها إلى النارThe Travel Account (Risala) of Ibn Fadlan
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