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Letter from the General Editor
Map: The Lands and Seas of Abu Zāyd’s Accounts
Accounts of China and India: The First Book
Maritime Commerce between the Arabs and the Chinese
The Sea Route from Sīrāf to Khānfū
On Tides, and Unusual Phenomena of the Seas
The Chinese and Some of Their Customs
Accounts of the Lands of India and China and of Their Rulers
China, and the Customs of Its Inhabitants
India, and Some of the Customs of Its People
Chinese and Indian Customs Compared
Accounts of China and India: The Second Book
The Changed Situation in China, and the Cause of It
Various Practices and Manufactures of the Chinese
The Visit of Ibn Wahb al-Qurashī to the King of China
How the Seas Are Connected One to Another
The Kingdom of al-Mihrāj
The Land of al-Qamār and the Stupidity of Its King
The Belief of the Eastern Kings in the Transmigration of Souls
Accounts of China Continued
Further Accounts of India
Accounts of the Island of Sarandīb and of the Region of al-Aghbāb, Which Faces It
General Accounts of India Continued
The Land of the Zanj
The Island of Socotra
Seas and Lands Lying West of the Gulf of Oman
Ambergris and Whales
An Account of Pearls
Further Accounts of Indian Customs
Afterword to the Second Book
