Seafaring in the Arabian Gulf and Oman : People of the Dhow

ISBN-13: 9780710309396 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 256 str.

Dionisius Agius

Opis

A study of the seafaring communities of the Arabian Gulf and Oman. This book presents an analysis of the significance of the dhow and how coastal communities interacted in the long tradition of seafaring. It brings together the different measures of time past, the sea, its people and their material culture.

Spis treści

1. The Present Study  2. The Dhow  3. The Northern Arabian Gulf and the People of the Sea  4. Oman and its Seafarers: Gateway to the Indian Ocean  5. The Dhow Industry  6. The Routes to West India  7. The Crew of an Ocean-going Dhow  8. The Pearldivers and Crew  9. The Principles of Navigation  10. Getting Ready: Steering and Rigging  11. Braving the Winds  12. The Sea: Portraying the Reality

O autorze

Dionisius A. Agius is Professor of Arabic and Islamic Material Culture at the University of Exeter, with a special interest in maritime culture and ethnography. He is currently working on traditional dhow-building, dhow-types, sea trade and seafaring communities of the Red Sea region. He is co-editor (with Richard Hitchcock) of The Arab Influence in Medieval Europe (1996); author of In the Wake of the Dhow: The Arabian Gulf and Oman (2002) and Classic Ships of Islam: From Mesopotamia to the Indian Ocean (2008).