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The Arab chest / Sheila Unwin ; with a foreword by Terence Clark.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Arabian Publishing, 2006.Description: viii, 134 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 9780954479268
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • NK2725 .U59 2006
Contents:
I. THE STORY OF A QUEST -- II. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND : Chests and the Arab way of life - The Arab trade network - The Arabs of the Gulf and Oman - Arabs and Persians in East Africa - Europeans and Omanis in East Africa - The rise and fall of the Zanzibari sultanate - Muscat and Oman after 1856 - India and the Mughals - The Europeans in India and the Far East - Dhows and chests: into the 21st century -- III. THE CHESTS : Provenance - The three basic types of chest ; Category 1. Shiraz, Surat and Bombay , Category 2. Malabar , Category 3. Shisham - Construction - Timber - Metalwork - Detailed classification ; Shiraz , Surat , Bombay , Malabar , Shisham , Makran , The Gulf and Oman , East Africa , Cash boxes -- IV. ORIGINS AND AGE : Design origins ; The Far East , The Portuguese , The Dutch , The Company era , Age -- APPENDICES : 1. Cleaning - 2. Repairs - 3. Some Arabic/Swahili equivalents -- MAPS : East Africa - The Indian Ocean showing the monsoon seasons - The Far East.
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Books Books القاعة الأجنبية | The Foreign Hall NK2725 .U59 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 0031457

Includes bibliographical references (p. 126-128) and index.

I. THE STORY OF A QUEST -- II. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND : Chests and the Arab way of life - The Arab trade network - The Arabs of the Gulf and Oman - Arabs and Persians in East Africa - Europeans and Omanis in East Africa - The rise and fall of the Zanzibari sultanate - Muscat and Oman after 1856 - India and the Mughals - The Europeans in India and the Far East - Dhows and chests: into the 21st century -- III. THE CHESTS : Provenance - The three basic types of chest ; Category 1. Shiraz, Surat and Bombay , Category 2. Malabar , Category 3. Shisham - Construction - Timber - Metalwork - Detailed classification ; Shiraz , Surat , Bombay , Malabar , Shisham , Makran , The Gulf and Oman , East Africa , Cash boxes -- IV. ORIGINS AND AGE : Design origins ; The Far East , The Portuguese , The Dutch , The Company era , Age -- APPENDICES : 1. Cleaning - 2. Repairs - 3. Some Arabic/Swahili equivalents -- MAPS : East Africa - The Indian Ocean showing the monsoon seasons - The Far East.

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