المغاربة وتجارة الهند من البحر الأحمر إلى المحيط الهندي والصين
Our approach is based on tracking the Islamic Western merchants (North Africa and Muslim Spain) presence in the Eastern trade from Alexandria to China during the late Middle Age. Trade activity goes back to ancient times and flourished in the Red Sea during the second half of the 5th/11th century th...
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| Natura: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Lingua: | Arabe |
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Annales islamologiques
2018
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| Accesso online: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Riassunto: | Our approach is based on tracking the Islamic Western merchants (North Africa and Muslim Spain) presence in the Eastern trade from Alexandria to China during the late Middle Age. Trade activity goes back to ancient times and flourished in the Red Sea during the second half of the 5th/11th century thanks to some objective factors, such as troubles along territorial roads (Banū Hilāl), maritime routes (Normans and Crusaders) and the spread of antisemitism spreading in the Mediterranean Western basin. For that reason, the “Geniza” letters are considered as a prominent historical source until the beginning of the 7th/13th century. However, the documents show some limitations, since they mention Jewish merchants only. Yet the prosperity of the “Karimi” trade revealed the existence of a community of Maghribi origin whose members had a decisive role in the 15th century trade. They were conscious of a crisis in the spice trade, which was of no use for the classical world till the advent of the Portuguese in the early 16th century. The latters’ presence allowed many of them to remain in the Indian Ocean islands and even in China. They are mentioned in travelogues, especially the most famous one, Ibn Baṭṭūṭa. |
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