The Indian Ocean - Michael Pearson [261]
East India Company [EIC] see British
elephants, trade in 163
Elwood, Mrs 243–4
empires, effect on sea trade 88–9;
effects of decline 117–18;
interest in maritime matters 115–6;
see also political elites
engineers, improve colonial ports 212–16;
see also dredging
Enterprise [ship] 282
environment, problems with 278–80
Estado da India see Portuguese
Eurasia 13–14 138–9
Europeans, stages of influence 114, 139–40, 145, 148–9, 152–3, 190, 192, 217–18
see also British, Dutch, French, Portuguese
Fa Hsien 55, 57–8
Fay, Mrs 199, 227–8
Fernandez-Armesto, Felipe 19, 20
fish, fisherfolk 30, 41, 56;
modern in India 266–71
fluvial ports 33–4
food on board ships 111, 189, 226–9, 239–40
Forbes, James 159
Forster, E.M. 236, 239
Frater, Andrew 22, 43, 280
Fremantle 195, 215;
see also Albany
French 152, 190–1
Frere, Sir Bartle 205, 220
gales at sea 57–8, 108–9, 111–12
Ganges [ship] 218
Ganj-i-sawai [ship] 127
Germany 191
Ghosh, Amitav 103
globalisation 266, 269, 278, 280, 281;
see also environment, fishing, pearls, tourism
Goa 35–6, 120, 130, 135, 255;
conversions in 171, 172–3;
migrants 250–1;
society in 155–6;
tourism in 274–6
Godinho, Manuel 160–1, 178–81
Godinho, V.M. 142
Goitein, S.D., 96, 103–4
gold see bullion
Graham, Mrs Maria 49, 226
Greeks 51
Guangzhou 87
Gujarat, Gujaratis 69, 83, 89, 96, 122, 131
see also Cambay, Surat
Gulf States, south Asian workers in 250
Hadhramaut, Hadhramis 80–1, 96, 244–8, 249–50
Hadji Yakub Ismael 252
hajj [pilgrimage] 81–2, 131, 163, 173–5, 186, 243–6
Hajji Ibrahim Muhaddis Qadiri 176
Harding, E.J. 231–2, 240
Harrison, Juanita 235–6, 242
Heesterman, Jan 38
Helena Mena [ship] 230
Hess, Andrew 114
Heyerdahl, Thor 22, 48
Hindus, Hinduism 46–7, 53–4, 58–9;
merchants 96, 134
Honavar 108
Horden, Peregrine, and Nicholas Purcell 4, 6, 9, 10, 29, 113, 177, 194, 258, 280
Hormos 53
horses see 'Walers'
Hugli 136
Hurmuz 93, 96, 119–20, 162;
Portuguese and 122, 130, 132;
travel to 108, 110
Ibn Battuta 67, 70–1, 75–6, 81, 84, 85, 97, 105, 106, 107–8, 111–12
Ibn Jubayr 64, 72, 81, 82, 110
Ibn Majid 68, 72, 106, 161
Ile de Bourbon see Réunion
indentured labour 223–4
India, as fulcrum of the Indian Ocean 50, 52–3, 196–7
Indian Navy 284–5
Indian Ocean, boundaries of 14–16, 27–8;
historiography of 4–5;
modern attempts at unity 286–7;
origins of 46–8;
perceptions of 3–4;
periodisation, 11–12;
terminology 13–14;
today and tomorrow 286–7;
unity of 5–9, 61, 287–8
Indian troops 224
Indonesia see Malay world
Indus Valley Civilisation 49–50
Inquisition 175
IOR-ARC [Indian Ocean Rim Association
for Regional Cooperation] 286–7
Islam see Muslims
islands 18–19, 38–9;
see also individual islands
ivory 50, 53, 54, 85, 86, 88, 92, 93, 96, 129 130, 159, 160, 162
Jahangir 116
Jakarta 148, 263;
society in 157;
as colonial port 212, 214
Jesuits 139, 171, 177, 188, 280;
see also Xavier, Francis
Jews 96, 99, 103–4, 280
Jiddah 17, 31–2, 92–3, 163–4, 192
Joseph Conrad [ship] 23
Karachi, as colonial port 216
Kerala:
backwaters 43, 81;
fishing 267–8
Khafar see Dofar
Kilwa 86, 92, 96;
see also Swahili coast
Kindersley, Mrs 212
Kling merchants 90, 96, 221
Kolkata 34, 35, 37, 148;
approaches to 212, 214, 218, 225
Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij 204–5
Kwinana [ship] 256
Laccadive islands 265–6
Lahari Bandar 93, 133
Lancaster, Sir James 161, 182
land-sea connections 28–30, 44–6, 61, 137, 162
languages 39, 156
lascars 209
lateen sails 67–8
Lawrence, William 239–40
Le Blanc, Vincent 98
leeches 195
Lencek, Lena 37, 274
littoral 37–41
Lobo, Jerónimo 163–4, 174, 177–8, 180–1, 182
Lombard, Denys 144–5
luxuries, trade in, see bullion, ivory, pearls, spices
Ma Huan 99
mace see spice trade
Madagascar 152, 156, 259;
peopling of 60–1, 258
Madden, Ruby 232
Madras see Chennai
Malacca see Melaka
Malay world 10, 16–17, 58–9;
conversions in 170–2, 248;
rulers and trade 102, 115, 150;
ships of 71, 255, 258
Maldives 39, 84–5, 97, 112, 151, 175, 261, 278;
tourism in 277
Malindi 85, 86, 92, 140
Maluku, Maluku