Uber based records by Ibn Faḍlān about Rus tribe that he encountered during his voyage down the Volga river between 921-922 AD

Ibn Faḍlān said: I also saw the Rūsiyyah. They had come to trade and had disembarked at the Itil River. I have never seen bodies as nearly perfect as theirs. As tall as palm trees, fair and reddish, they wear neither tunics nor caftans. Every man wears a cloak with which he...See more