Monsoon Voyagers
an indian ocean history
$87.91
- Paperback
388 pages
- Release Date
7 December 2025
Summary
The Crooked Dhow: A Voyage Through the Arabian Sea
Monsoon Voyagers charts the course of the Crooked, a traditional dhow, and its crew’s journey from Kuwait across the Persian Gulf and Western Indian Ocean between 1924 and 1925. Fahad Ahmad Bishara uses this voyage to explore a larger narrative of trade and interaction in the Arabian Sea during the age of empire.
Gulf merchants, with operations spanning India, Arabia, and East Africa, harnessed colonial cap…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780520415928 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0520415922 |
| Series: | California World History Library |
| Author: | Prof. Fahad Ahmad Bishara, Fahad Ahmad Bishara |
| Publisher: | University of California Press |
| Imprint: | University of California Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 388 |
| Release Date: | 7 December 2025 |
| Weight: | 590g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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About The Author
Prof. Fahad Ahmad Bishara
Fahad Ahmad Bishara is Associate Professor of History and Rouhollah Ramazani Professor of Arabian Peninsula and Gulf Studies at the University of Virginia. He is author of A Sea of Debt: Law and Economic Life in the Western Indian Ocean, 1780–1950.
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