Diary of a trip to Samarkand to the court of Timur (1403-1406)
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The work of Ruy de Clavijo is a unique monument of Spanish prose: travel notes written in the form of a diary by the Spanish ambassador sent at the head of a return embassy to Timur's capital Samarkand. This work is interesting not only as a document in which the facts and events of the early 15th century are noted through the eyes of a European. in the East, but also as a kind of historical encyclopedia.
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Data sheet
- Name of the Author
- Руй Гонсалес де Клавихо
- Language
- Russian
- Translator
- И. С. Мирокова