The enigma of ‘Aydhab: a Medieval Islamic port on the Red Sea coast
The enigma of ‘Aydhab: a Medieval Islamic port on the Red Sea coast
The medieval Islamic port of ‘Aydhab played a major role in the hajj and in trade with Yemen, India and the Far East. A recent satellite image reveals the layout of the town in some detail, but there seems to be no trace of a viable harbour. Yet there was a fine secure harbour at Halaib, 20 km to the south. We tentatively suggest that the main port of ‘Aydhab was separate from the town. This hypothesis can only be verified by fieldwork and our objective in this paper is draw attention to the problem rather than to resolve it.
red sea, indian ocean, trade, islam
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Peacock, David
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Peacock, Andrew
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March 2008
Peacock, David
346e90c3-c5bb-4e3e-8126-6feccc3cfc2f
Peacock, Andrew
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Peacock, David and Peacock, Andrew
(2008)
The enigma of ‘Aydhab: a Medieval Islamic port on the Red Sea coast.
International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, 37 (1), .
(doi:10.1111/j.1095-9270.2007.00172.x).
Abstract
The medieval Islamic port of ‘Aydhab played a major role in the hajj and in trade with Yemen, India and the Far East. A recent satellite image reveals the layout of the town in some detail, but there seems to be no trace of a viable harbour. Yet there was a fine secure harbour at Halaib, 20 km to the south. We tentatively suggest that the main port of ‘Aydhab was separate from the town. This hypothesis can only be verified by fieldwork and our objective in this paper is draw attention to the problem rather than to resolve it.
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e-pub ahead of print date: 23 November 2007
Published date: March 2008
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red sea, indian ocean, trade, islam
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/345388
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