Commerce, Culture, and Community in a Red Sea Port in the Thirteenth Century : The Arabic Documents from Quseir /
Guo, Li,
Commerce, Culture, and Community in a Red Sea Port in the Thirteenth Century : The Arabic Documents from Quseir / The Arabic Documents from Quseir Li Guo. - 1 online resource. - Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495 Islamic History and Civilization ; 52 . - Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495. Islamic History and Civilization ; 52. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book is the first comprehensive study of the Arabic documents uncovered in Quseir, Upper Egypt, during the 1980s. The hundreds of paper fragments shed light on activities and operations of a family shipping business on the Red Sea shore in the thirteenth century. Part One is an introductory essay on historical and cultural context of these documents. The three chapters deal with, respectively, the "Sheikh's house," where the documents were found, the Red Sea commerce as reflected in the trade activities around the house, and aspects of popular culture as revealed through the texts. Part Two comprises a critical edition of eighty-four Arabic texts, the majority of which have never been published before, with translation and commentary.
Documents in Arabic are accompanied by English descriptions and translations.
9789047404972 9789004137479
10.1163/9789047404972 DOI
City and town life--History--Egypt--Sources.
City and town life--History--Sources.--Egypt
City and town life.
Commerce.
Manners and customs.
Egypt--Commerce--History--Red Sea Region--Sources.
Qusayr al-Qadīm (Extinct city)
Qusayr al-Qadīm (Extinct city)--Social life and customs.
DT73.Q77
932
Commerce, Culture, and Community in a Red Sea Port in the Thirteenth Century : The Arabic Documents from Quseir / The Arabic Documents from Quseir Li Guo. - 1 online resource. - Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495 Islamic History and Civilization ; 52 . - Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495. Islamic History and Civilization ; 52. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book is the first comprehensive study of the Arabic documents uncovered in Quseir, Upper Egypt, during the 1980s. The hundreds of paper fragments shed light on activities and operations of a family shipping business on the Red Sea shore in the thirteenth century. Part One is an introductory essay on historical and cultural context of these documents. The three chapters deal with, respectively, the "Sheikh's house," where the documents were found, the Red Sea commerce as reflected in the trade activities around the house, and aspects of popular culture as revealed through the texts. Part Two comprises a critical edition of eighty-four Arabic texts, the majority of which have never been published before, with translation and commentary.
Documents in Arabic are accompanied by English descriptions and translations.
9789047404972 9789004137479
10.1163/9789047404972 DOI
City and town life--History--Egypt--Sources.
City and town life--History--Sources.--Egypt
City and town life.
Commerce.
Manners and customs.
Egypt--Commerce--History--Red Sea Region--Sources.
Qusayr al-Qadīm (Extinct city)
Qusayr al-Qadīm (Extinct city)--Social life and customs.
DT73.Q77
932