Islam and the trade of Asia : a colloquium / edited by D.S. Richards.

Includes bibliographical references.

Most chapters in English; two chapters in French.

Held by the Near Eastern History Group at Oxford, June 26-30, 1967.

Asian trade in antiquity / A.H.M. Jones -- Trade in the eastern Islamic countries in the early centuries / B. Spuler -- Le marchand musulman / M. Rodinson -- Commercial techniques in early medieval Islamic trade / A.L. Udovitch -- Archaeology and the study of later Islamic pottery / J. Carswell -- China and Islam -- the archaeological evidence in the Mashriq / M. Rogers -- Egypt and China: trade and imitation / G.T. Scanlon -- East African trade with the Orient / N. Chittick -- Arab trade with Indonesia and the Malay Peninsula from the 8th to the 16th century / R.R. Di Meglio -- Trade and Islam in the Malay-Indonesian Archipelago prior to the arrival of the Europeans / M.A.P. Meilink-Roelofsz -- The medieval trade of China / G.F. Hudson -- L'empire ottoman et le commerce asiatique aux 16e et 17e siècles / R. Mantran -- Trade and politics in 18th century India / A. Das Gupta -- Persian trade under the early Qajars / A.K.S. Lambton -- The decline of Middle Eastern trade, 1100-1850 / C. Issawi.