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

George Fadlo Hourani (Author), John Carswell (Author)
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. This title comprises a brief but masterly historical account that has never been superseded.
Print Book, English, 1995
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Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J., 1995