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Shokoohy, Natalie Honoria,

Diu : Indo-Muslim and Portuguese History, Urban Fabric and Architecture / Indo-Muslim and Portuguese History, Urban Fabric and Architecture Natalie Honoria Shokoohy and Mehrdad Shokoohy. - 1 online resource (600 pages) : illustrations. - Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East ; 183 Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2024 . - Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East ; 183. Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2024. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The ex-Portuguese Island of Diu – a once strategic maritime gateway to the bay of Cambay, Gujarat, India – features in the corpus of Portuguese history and literature, but a comprehensive study of the island was lacking. Mehrdad and Natalie Shokoohy, known for surveying little-known historic sites in India, present the study of the built environment of Diu in conjunction with the contemporaneous Indian histories in Arabic and Persian, resulting in a fresh view of Indian Ocean commerce and conquest. Extensive surveys of the Fort, the Town and the Island, include the epigraphy, fortifications, urban fabric, mosques, shrines, churches, monasteries, water infrastructure and the Zoroastrian Fire Temple and Towers of Silence. Fragmentary Hindu and Jain archaeological remains are also noted.


English

ISBN: 9789004705913

Standard No.: 10.1163/9789004705913 DOI

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Asian Studies.
South Asia.

LC Class. No.: DS501

Dewey Class. No.: 950