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Author Risso, Patricia.

Title Merchants and faith : Muslim commerce and culture in the Indian Ocean / Patricia Risso.

Publication Info. Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1995.

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 Moore Stacks  DS340 .R57 1995    Available  ---
Description xi, 152 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
Series New perspectives on Asian history
New perspectives on Asian history.
Note Errata slip inserted.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-141) and index.
Contents Introduction -- Muslim expansion in Asia, Seventh through Twelfth Centuries -- Merchants of faith in the Middle Era, circa 1050-1500 -- The conduct of Asian Muslim trade, Sixteenth through Eighteenth Centuries -- Maritime competition, circa 1500-1860 -- Interpretation of the Muslim Era in the Indian Ocean -- Notes -- Bibliography.
Summary The vital intersection of Islamic history and Indian Ocean history has stimulated considerable scholarly debate. Merchants & Faith is a much-needed overview of the growing historical research in social and economic topics and makes this literature far more accessible to students and other interested readers.
Subject Indian Ocean Region -- History.
Indian Ocean Region.
History.
Indian Ocean Region -- Commerce -- History.
Commerce.
Muslims -- Indian Ocean Region -- History.
Muslims.
Merchants -- Indian Ocean Region -- History.
Merchants.
Genre/Form History.
Spine Title Merchants & faith
Other Form: Online version: Risso, Patricia. Merchants and faith. Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1995 (OCoLC)655561539
ISBN 0813389119 (paperback)
0813316820
9780813316826
9780813389110 (paperback)