Ibn Fadlan''s trip

Ahmed bin Al -Abbas bin Rashid bin Hammad Al -Baghdadi, known as Ibn Fadlan, acquired his fame through his membership in the delegation that was sent to the King of Al -Salaqaba on the eleventh of the 309 AH. This journey shows the power of the Arab -Islamic civilization, its ability to explore, and its keenness to dialogue with the other, and perhaps this is what gives trips a great value; Through the accumulation of these trips, the researchers can study how a nation image is formed in another nation, and it is not necessary that the image be identical to reality, always; Because travelers vary in accuracy, objectivity, goals and perspective, but they draw the image of the other nation, and draw the image of their nation at the same time. "