# Ahmad ibn Fadlan

> A 10th-century Arab envoy who left Baghdad on a diplomatic mission and returned with the most vivid eyewitness account of Viking life ever written by an outsider — including a ship burial no European chronicler bothered to describe in such detail.

*10th-century Arab traveller and ethnographer*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Born:** 879
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Ahmad ibn Fadlan traveled from Baghdad as part of an embassy sent by Abbasid caliph al-Muqtadir to the king of the Volga Bulgars. Along the way he moved with trade caravans and encountered peoples the Islamic world barely knew: Volga Vikings, Oghuz Turks, Khazars, Cumans, Pechenegs. He watched, noted, and wrote it all down in his risāla. The account survives as an irreplaceable record of cultures at a hinge moment, cited by historians ever since. Centuries later it jumped genres: Michael Crichton borrowed his journey for Eaters of the Dead, which became the film The 13th Warrior.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 55.2 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.3 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 22.4 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 45.0 / 100

## Topics
#Writers, #Scientist, #Chemistry, #Literature, #Medieval Era

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_ibn_Fadlan)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q200947)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Ahmad%20ibn%20Fadlan)
- [Əhməd ibn Fədlan](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C6%8Fhm%C9%99d_ibn_F%C9%99dlan)
- [Әхмәт ибн Фаҙлан](https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D3%98%D1%85%D0%BC%D3%99%D1%82_%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%BD_%D0%A4%D0%B0%D2%99%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD)
- [Ібн-Фадлан](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%86%D0%B1%D0%BD-%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD)
- [Ибн Фадлан](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%B1%D0%BD_%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD)
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- [Ahmed ibn Fadlan](https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_ibn_Fadlan)
- [Àhmad ibn Fadlan](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%80hmad_ibn_Fadlan)
- [ئیبن فەزڵان](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%A8%D9%86_%D9%81%DB%95%D8%B2%DA%B5%D8%A7%D9%86)
- [Ibn Fadlán](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Fadl%C3%A1n)
- [Ахмед ибн-Фадлан](https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%85%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%B4_%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%BD-%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD)
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- [أحمد بن فضلان](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D9%86_%D9%81%D8%B6%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86)
- [احمد بن فضلان](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D9%86_%D9%81%D8%B6%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86)

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