A Twentieth-Century Merchant Network Centered on Jeddah: The Correspondence of Muḥammad b. Aḥmad Bin Ḥimd

This article examines a collection of merchant letters which arrived between 1919 and 1946 in the Red Sea port of Jeddah. Their recipient, Muḥammad b. Aḥmad Bin Ḥimd, was a merchant of Hadhrami origin, deeply embedded in the trade with grain, foodstuffs and other goods in the Red Sea area. Based on...

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Veröffentlicht in:Northeast African Studies. - Michigan State University Press, 2015. - 17(2017), 1, Seite 101-130
1. Verfasser: Freitag, Ulrike (VerfasserIn)
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Veröffentlicht: 2017
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Northeast African Studies
Schlagworte:Economics Social sciences Physical sciences Business Applied sciences Behavioral sciences