L’organisation des caravanes au Yémen selon al-Hamdânî (Xe siècle)
In his writings, al-Hamdanî indicated that caravans regularly departed from Yemen. This is not surprising since his family had been strongly involved in such activities for generations ; and al-Hamdanî himself seems to have accompanied many caravans. This article gathers information given by the gre...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Centre Français d’Archéologie et de Sciences Sociales de Sanaa
1993-01-01
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| Series: | Arabian Humanities |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/cy/32 |
| Summary: | In his writings, al-Hamdanî indicated that caravans regularly departed from Yemen. This is not surprising since his family had been strongly involved in such activities for generations ; and al-Hamdanî himself seems to have accompanied many caravans. This article gathers information given by the great Yemeni author on the routes, the breeds of camels and the structure of the convoy, which had to adapt to the difficult and mountainous geography of Yemen. |
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| ISSN: | 2308-6122 |