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Ahmad ibn Fadlan

Ahmad ibn Fadlan was a man who lived a long time ago, more than a thousand years ago, in a place called Baghdad. Ahmad was very smart and he worked for a very important man named Harun Al-Rashid. Harun Al-Rashid was the ruler of a big part of the world.

One day, Harun Al-Rashid asked Ahmad to go on a special trip to a place that Ahmad had never been to before. This place was very far away from Baghdad, and it was called "Bulgar." Ahmad had to travel very far to get there, crossing big rivers and mountains and meeting many different people along the way.

When Ahmad finally arrived in Bulgar, he was surprised to find that the people there looked very different from the people he knew in Baghdad. They spoke a different language and they had different customs. Ahmad was very curious and wanted to learn everything he could about the people in Bulgar.

Ahmad spent a lot of time with the people in Bulgar and he wrote down everything he saw and heard. He wrote about their clothes, their food, and their homes. He also wrote about their religion and their beliefs.

Ahmad's writings were very important because they helped people in Baghdad and other parts of the world learn about the people in Bulgar and other places like it. Ahmad's writings are still used today to learn about the history and culture of different parts of the world.
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