Overview
Arab Seafaring in the Indian Ocean in Ancient and Early Medieval Times. In this classic work George Hourani deals with the history of the sea trade of the Arabs in the Indian Ocean from its obscure origins many centuries before Christ to the time of its full extension to China and East Africa in the ninth and tenth centuries.
Full Product Details
Author: George F. Hourani ,
John Carswell
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Edition: Expanded Edition
Dimensions:
Width: 12.70cm
, Height: 1.20cm
, Length: 20.30cm
Weight: 0.255kg
ISBN: 9780691000329
ISBN 10: 0691000328
Pages: 216
Publication Date: 23 July 1995
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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College/higher education
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Professional & Vocational
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Language: English
Reviews
All in all, this brief account is rich in the depth of its analyses and in the authoritative sources cited, both Western and Arab... It is not likely that this superb work will be superseded in the near future. Digest of Middle East Studies This reprint of Professor Hourani's elegant monograph forty-five years after its first publication is a tribute to the soundness of his original conception and the excellence of its presentation. Hardly a word seems to need emendation. Asian Affairs
All in all, this brief account is rich in the depth of its analyses and in the authoritative sources cited, both Western and Arab... It is not likely that this superb work will be superseded in the near future. -- Digest of Middle East Studies This reprint of Professor Hourani's elegant monograph forty-five years after its first publication is a tribute to the soundness of his original conception and the excellence of its presentation. Hardly a word seems to need emendation. -- Asian Affairs
All in all, this brief account is rich in the depth of its analyses and in the authoritative sources cited, both Western and Arab... It is not likely that this superb work will be superseded in the near future. Digest of Middle East Studies This reprint of Professor Hourani's elegant monograph forty-five years after its first publication is a tribute to the soundness of his original conception and the excellence of its presentation. Hardly a word seems to need emendation. Asian Affairs
All in all, this brief account is rich in the depth of its analyses and in the authoritative sources cited, both Western and Arab... It is not likely that this superb work will be superseded in the near future. -- Digest of Middle East Studies This reprint of Professor Hourani's elegant monograph forty-five years after its first publication is a tribute to the soundness of his original conception and the excellence of its presentation. Hardly a word seems to need emendation. -- Asian Affairs
Author Information
George Houran (1913-19840 was Professor of Near Eastern Studies at the University of Michigan. John Carswell is Director of Islamic Department at Sotheby's.
