The Life of the Red Sea Dhow : A Cultural History of Seaborne Exploration in the Islamic World
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
184885806X
ISBN-13
9781848858060
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint
I.B. Tauris
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 21st, 2019
Print length
384 Pages
Weight
748 grams
Dimensions
16.40 x 24.10 x 2.90 cms
Product Classification:
Asian historySocial & cultural historyMaritime history
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Few images are as evocative as the silhouette of the Arab dhow as, under full sail, it tacks to windward on glittering waters of Red Sea before moving across the face of the rising or setting sun. In this authoritative new book, Dionisius A. Agius, one of the foremost scholars of Islamic material culture, offers a lucid and wide-ranging history of the iconic dhow from medieval to modern times. Traversing the Arabian and African coasts, he shows that the dhow was central not just to commerce but to the vital transmission and exchange of ideas. Discussing trade and salt routes, shoals and wind patterns, spice harvest seasons and the deep and resonant connection between language, memory and oral tradition, this is the first book to place the dhow in its full and remarkable cultural contexts.
Few images are as evocative as the silhouette of the Arab dhow as, under full sail, it tacks to windward on glittering waters of Red Sea before moving across the face of the rising or setting sun. In this authoritative new book, Dionisius A. Agius, one of the foremost scholars of Islamic material culture, offers a lucid and wide-ranging history of the iconic dhow from medieval to modern times. Traversing the Arabian and African coasts, he shows that the dhow was central not just to commerce but to the vital transmission and exchange of ideas. Discussing trade and salt routes, shoals and wind patterns, spice harvest seasons and the deep and resonant connection between language, memory and oral tradition, this is the first book to place the dhow in its full and remarkable cultural contexts.
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