Om Prakash. Bullion for Goods: European and Indian Merchants in the Indian Ocean Trade, 1500–1800. New Delhi, India: Manohar Publishers, 2004. 426 pp. ISBN 81-7304-538-0, $48.95 (paper).

2006 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 600-602
Author(s):  
Nagendra Rao
Keyword(s):  
Indian Ocean ◽  
New Delhi ◽  
Indian Ocean Trade ◽  
The Indian Ocean

Managing Maritime Competition between India and China

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jingdong Yuan
Keyword(s):  
Indian Ocean ◽  
New Delhi ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
Emerging Powers ◽  
India And China

This chapter provides a perspective on China’s growing security presence in the Indian Ocean and the strategic imperatives behind it and then India’s responses to these initiatives. The author argues that despite the apparent threats this presence presents to India, there are approaches that India and China can explore to reduce the risk of conflict. Jingdong Yuan also reviews China’s growing security presence in the Indian Ocean and the strategic imperatives behind it and India’s responses to these initiatives. Yuan argues that it is imperative that policymakers in both New Delhi and Beijing make concerted efforts to ensure that these two emerging powers can manage, if not completely avoid, their overlapping interests and ever-closer encounters in the Indian Ocean.

From Zanzibar to Zaytun: Iranian Merchants across the Indian Ocean Basin

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-154
Author(s):  
Richard Foltz
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Ocean Basin ◽  
16Th Century ◽  
Maritime Trade ◽  
Archaeological Data ◽  
Indian Ocean Trade ◽  
The Indian Ocean

The role of Iranian merchants in the maritime trade of the Indian Ocean basin from antiquity up to the 16th century is often underestimated. From scholarly histories to popular culture the “Muslim sailor” is typically portrayed as being an Arab. In fact, from pre-Islamic times the principal actors in Indian Ocean trade were predominantly Persian, as attested by the archaeological data, local written records, and the names of places and individuals.

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