India traders of the middle ages : : documents from the Cairo Geniza : India book, part one / / by S.D. Goitein and Mordechai Akiva Friedman.

• Author: Goitein, S. D., 1900-1985.
• TeilnehmendeR: Friedman, Mordechai Akiva.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2008.
• 出版年: 2008
• 语言: English
• 丛编: Études sur le judaïsme médiéval ; t. 31; Études sur le judaïsme médiéval 31.
• 实物描述: 1 online resource (948 p.)
• 提示: Description based upon print version of record.

The India trade in Oriental spices, pharmaceutical, dyeing and other materials was the backbone of medieval economy, especially in the Islamic world. A unique source of documentation is now available in 11th-12th century Geniza letters, written in Judeo-Arabic (Middle Arabic in Hebrew characters), b...