THE STRUCTURE OF THE MESSAGE OF IBN KHORDADBEH ABOUT INTERNATIONAL TRADE ROUTES OF THE JEWS-RAZANIYA AND MERCHANTS-RUSES
According to the author, messages of Ibn Khordadbeh and Ibn al-Faqih about trade routes of the Jews-Razaniya and merchants-Ruses have a common source - the description of water trade routes. Ibn Khordadbeh added data to this source by description of the land routes of Jews-Razaniya while the materials of merchants-Ruses complemented with information collected personally or by his subordinates from the merchants-Ruses themselves.