Medieval Qalhat: Travellers, Dhows and Stone Anchors in South-East Oman

Contenu

Titre

Medieval Qalhat: Travellers, Dhows and Stone Anchors in South-East Oman

Auteur

Agius, Dionisius A.

Date

1999

Dans

Archaeology of Seafaring: The Indian Ocean in the Ancient Period

Résumé

This study presents the findings of a field trip conducted in 1998 to South-East Oman. The paper firstly looks into the writings of Medieval and Early Modern travellers who visited Qalhat and from their accounts study the types of vessels that were mentioned in connection with the Arabian-Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean; secondly, to find from the local sailors the types and functions of dhows and what anchors were used for in the recent past. An attempt is made in the present study to reconstruct from the early writings the sea activity and its impact during the time period in question and to establish how much of the information given by the locals of South-East Oman can be corroborated by the findings related to the past.

Editeur

Pragati

Place

Pune

Sujet

Archéologie -- Oman

Langue

eng

rédacteur

Ray, Himanshu Prabha

pages

173-220

ISBN

978-81-7307-060-0