The king's dictionary : the Rasûlid Hexaglot : fourteenth century vocabularies in Arabic, Persian, Turkic, Greek, Armenian, and Mongol / translated by Tibor Halasi-Kun [and others] ; with introductory essays by Peter B. Golden and Thomas T. Allsen; edited with notes and commentary by Peter B. Golden.

"Aden, of old one of the main Eurasian ports for goods from China, Southeast Asia and India on their way to the Mediterranean lands, was controlled during the 13th-15th centuries by the Rasūlid dynasty. One of their kings, al-Malik al-Afdal al-Abbās b. Alī (1363-1377) wrote multilingual glossaries (vocabularia) of extraordinary importance, universally termed the Rasūlid Hexaglot. This work presents the translation, commentary, and explanation of the socio-historical context."--Provided by publisher.