Arab seafaring in the Indian Ocean in ancient and early medieval times /

Hourani, George Fadlo.

Arab seafaring in the Indian Ocean in ancient and early medieval times / by George F. Hourani ; revised and expanded by John Carswell. - Expanded ed. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1995. - xvii, 189 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm. - Princeton paperbacks .

Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Princeton University.



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Navigation--History.--Arab countries
Trade routes--History.--Indian Ocean
Commerce--History--Medieval, 500-1500.


Indian Ocean--Navigation--History.

VK99 / .H68 1995