The book examines information about Rus', Volga Bulgaria, the North Caucasus and the Northern Black Sea region contained in the writings of Arab geographers of the 13th-14th centuries. Ibn Sa'id al-Maghribi "Kitab bast al-ard fi-t-tul al-ard" ("Book of the spread of the Earth in length and breadth") and Abu-l-Fida "Taqwim al-buldan" ("Ordering of countries" ).The publication includes an archaeographical and historiographical introduction related to the territory of Eastern Europe, fragments of the original text, translation of these fragments into Russian, historical and philological commentary, comparative tables of toponyms, ethnonyms and anthroponyms, indexes

CONTENTS: Preface (5). IBN SA'ID AL-MAGHRIBI Biographical information about Ibn Sa'id (7). "Geography" of Ibn Sa'id (7). History of studying the work of Ibn Sa'id and his data on Eastern Europe (8). Composition works of Ibn Sa'id and his information about Eastern Europe (9). Text (19). Translation (26). Commentary (35). ABU-L-FIDA'Biographical information about Abu-l-Fida (76). Geographical work Abu-l-Fida’s “Takvim al-buldan” (76). History of studying the work of Abu-l-Fida and his data on Eastern Europe (77). The composition of Abu-l-Fida’s work and his information on Eastern Europe (81). Modernity and “ancient times” in the view of Abu-l-Fida (84). On the nature of the continuity of the geographical works of al-Idrisi, Ibn Sa'id al-Maghribi and Abu-l-Fida (86). Text (92). Translation ( 108).Commentary (129).APPENDIXTable 1. Hydronyms and oronyms of Eastern Europe according to al-Idrisi, Ibn Sa'id and Abu-l-Fida (167).Table 2. Settlements of Eastern Europe according to al-Idrisi, Ibn Sa'id and Abu-l-Fida (170). Table 3. Ethnopolitical names of Eastern Europe according to al-Idrisi, Ibn Sa'id and Abu-l-Fida (174). Table 4. Eastern European toponyms of al-Idrisi, Ibn Sa'id and Abu-l-Fida, dating back to the tradition of Ptolemy (176). Table 5. Anthroponyms in the news about Eastern Europe of al-Idrisi, Ibn Sa'id and Abu-l-Fida (177). Table 6. Comparative table of coordinates of Eastern European place names of Ibn Sa'id and Abu-l-Fida (178). List of abbreviations (180). Bibliography (182). Briefly annotated index of names (197). Index of geographical names (204). Index of ethnic names (215) .Summary (217).List of books in the series “Ancient sources on the history of Eastern Europe” (until 1993 - “Ancient sources on the history of the peoples of the USSR”) (222).