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040			_aAE-ShQC _beng _cAE-ShQC
050		4	_aNK2725 _b.U59 2006
100	1		_aUnwin, Sheila.
245	1	4	_aThe Arab chest / _cSheila Unwin ; with a foreword by Terence Clark.
260			_aLondon : _bArabian Publishing, _c2006.
300			_aviii, 134 p. : _bill. (some col.), maps ; _c27 cm.
500			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 126-128) and index.
505	0		_aI. 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.
650		0	_aChests _zArabian Peninsula.
650		0	_aCabinetwork _zArabian Peninsula.
651		0	_aArabian Peninsula _xHistory.
700	1		_aClark, Terence.
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