PDF version of "Meeting the Rus' through Translation'" now online
The world's first in-depth overview of 'full' English translations of Ahmad ibn Fadlan's Risala is now available online as a PDF at Academia.edu. Ibn Fadlan’s Risala contains the famous eyewitness ship funeral of the Rus', as well as descriptions of things like their tattoos and veneration of pole gods.
Readers can view the new PDF version here (and the original resource here).