Cargoes of the East: The Ports, Trade, and Culture of the Arabian Seas and Western Indian OceanElm Tree Books, 1978 - 244 pages |
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Abadan Abu Dhabi Arab Arabia arrived average Bagamoyo Bahrain Bandar Abbas boats boom British buildings Bushire cargo dhows carpenters carried cent Chake Chake Chryssee cloves coastal dhow coconut commodities craft crew members Dar es Salaam dhow captains dhow crews dhow owners dhow port Dhow Registers dhow season dhow trade dried fish Dubai East Africa East African coast exported foreign dhows gold Government Hormuz houses imported Indian dhows Indian Ocean Interview Iran Iranian dhows Iraq island ivory jahazi Kenya Khorramshahr Kilwa Kuwait Kwale Lamu Lingeh Mafia mainland major Malindi mangrove poles mashuas miles Mkoani modern Mombasa months mtepe Muscat N/A N/A nahoda Nairobi nineteenth century number of dhows officer Old Port Old Town Omanis Pakistan passengers pearl Pemba Persian Gulf population Portuguese prostitutes Qatar Rufiji sail Salaam Shaikh shaikhdoms ships slaves smuggling Somali statistics Swahili Tanga Tanganyika Tanzania transport visited western Indian Ocean Zanzibar