The Gulf in World History: Arabia at the Global Crossroads

Open Access Published by Edinburgh University Press 2018

The Gulf in World History

Arabia at the Global Crossroads

Edited by: Allen James Fromherz

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About this book

The Gulf sits at an ancient crossroads of cultures and faiths, and at the heart of modern trade stretching back to the origins of civilization. As a site of both conflict and peaceful encounter, it can be studied in the context of world history, as a place of cultural and historical encounter. From medieval astrology to museum architecture, from the trade of glass and pearls to the role of Indians, Africans, Christian monks, Mandaeans and merchants, this book spans historical periods and disciplinary approaches. It is united by one overarching theme: the Gulf as a cosmopolitan nexus and space of encounter. The chapters describe a Gulf simultaneously perched on the edge of empires and at the centre of world events. Presenting new evidence, new theoretical approaches, and new arguments, this volume aims to change understandings of the Gulf in the world.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	iii
List of Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Map of the Gulf Publicly Available Download PDF	x
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	xii
List of Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	xvi
1 Introduction: World History in the Gulf as a Gulf in World History Allen James Fromherz Open Access Download PDF	1
Part I Gulf Cosmopolitanism
2 The Cosmopolitan Figure as Ethical Exemplar: Notes from a Tenth-century Gulf Encyclopedia Richard McGregor Open Access Download PDF	27
3 The Gulf: A Cosmopolitan Mobile Society – Hormuz, 1475–1515 CE Valeria Piacentini Fiorani Open Access Download PDF	35
4 From Jerusalem to the Karûn: What can Mandæan Geographies Tell Us? Charles Häberl Open Access Download PDF	57
Part II The Gulf and the Indian Ocean
5 Merchant Communities and Cross-cultural Trade between Gujarat and the Gulf in the Late Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries Ghulam A. Nadri Open Access Download PDF	91
6 The Banians of Muscat: A South Asian Merchant Community in Oman and the Gulf, c. 1500–1700 Abdulrahman al Salimi Open Access Download PDF	105
7 Khaliji Hindustan: Towards a Diasporic History of Khalijis in South Asia from the 1780s to the 1960s Johan Mathew Open Access Download PDF	120
Part III East Africans in the Khalij and the Khalij in East Africa
8 Africans and the Gulf: Between Diaspora and Cosmopolitanism Matthew S. Hopper Open Access Download PDF	139
9 East Africa, the Global Gulf and the New Thalassology of the Indian Ocean Mark Horton Open Access Download PDF	160
Part IV Diversity and Change: Between Sky, Land and Sea
10 Astrology as a Node of Connectivity between the Pre-modern Mediterranean and Gulf Michael A. Ryan Open Access Download PDF	185
11 Ships of the Gulf: Shifting Names and Networks Eric Staples Open Access Download PDF	201
12 The Role of Indian Ocean Trade Inland: The Buraimi Oasis Timothy Power Open Access Download PDF	219
Part V Recent Gulf Archaeology
13 Pearl Fishing and Globalisation: From the Neolithic to the Twentieth Century CE Robert Carter Open Access Download PDF	239
14 An Archaeology of Glass and International Trade in the Gulf Carolyn M. Swan Open Access Download PDF	262
Part VI Heritage and Memory in the Gulf
15 From History to Heritage: The Arabian Incense Burner William G. Zimmerle Open Access Download PDF	295
16 Doha’s Msheireb Heritage House Museums: A Discussion of Memory, History and the Indian Ocean World Karen Exell Open Access Download PDF	313
17 Omani Identity amid the Oil Crisis Lamya Harub Open Access Download PDF	333
Index Open Access Download PDF	358

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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 392
Illustrations
- Other: 29 black and white illustrations, 16 colour illustrations
Keywords: Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies

eBook

Published: August 31, 2018
ISBN: 9781474430678