Classic ships of Islam : from Mesopotamia to the Indian Ocean /

This book charts the development of Islamic ships and boats in the Western Indian Ocean from the seventh to the early sixteenth century with reference to earlier periods. It utilizes mainly Classical and Medieval Arabic literary sources with iconographical evidence and archaeological finds. The inte...

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Main Author: Agius, Dionisius A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.
Series:Handbuch der Orientalistik. Nahe und der Mittlere Osten ; 92 Bd.
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