1st Edition

Merchants And Faith Muslim Commerce And Culture In The Indian Ocean

By Patricia A Risso Copyright 1995
    164 Pages
    by Routledge

    167 Pages
    by Routledge

    ‘This book with its felicitous title brings together with great skill and sensitivity a large amount of current historical scholarship on the trade and civilization of the Indian Ocean during the Islamic centuries. It will be welcomed by both students and teachers as a fine introduction to a complex subject.”

    "List of Maps -- Acknowledgments and Transcription Note – Introduction -- 2 Muslim Expansion in Asia, Seventh Through Twelfth Centuries -- 3 Merchants of Faith in the Middle Era, Circa 1050—1500 -- 4 The Conduct of Asian Muslim Trade, Sixteenth Through Eighteenth Centuries -- 5 Maritime Competition, Circa 1500—1860 – 6 Interpretations of the Muslim Era In the Indian Ocean – Notes – Bibliography – About the Book and Author – Index."

    Biography

    Patricia A Risso