The Indian Ocean (78 page)

ports provide facilities
262–3

conversion
169–70
;

to Islam
76–80
,
170–2
;

success of
172–3
;

to Catholicism
170–2
;

success of
172–3

coral
39
,
278

Cornwallis
[ship]
218

Correia, Gaspar
65
,
78–9

corruption
141–2

corsairs
see
pirates

country trade [intra Asian]
150–1

Cousteau, Jacques
18
,
30
,
39
,
48
,
278
,
279

Couto, Diogo do
140–1
,
141–2

cowry shells
84–5
,
151
,
168
,
195

Cron, Ferdinand
135

crops, introduced
168

cruising
233–4
,
265

currents
24

Curtin, Philip
99
,
219

Curzon, George
192
,
196
,
199
,
207–8

Dale, Stephen
80–1,167

Dampier
264

Darius
[ship]
256

Das Gupta, Ashin
117
,
153

Daybul
93

Dean Mahomet
178
,
184

dhows,
63–9
,
200
,
252
,
256–8

diasporas
99–100
,
219

Diego Garcia
282–3

disease, medicine
141
,
154–5
,
169
;

in nineteenth century 224;

on ships
186–7
,
189

Diu
121–2
,
130
,
133–4
,
142

Dofar
97

D'Orta, Garcia
139
,
154
,
156

dredging
216–7

Dunn, Ross
75
,
77

Dutch
144–5
;

and country trade
150–1
,
157–8
;

decline
190–1
;

defeat Portuguese
146
;

discipline on ships
187
;

problems in controlling
147–8
;

and spice trade
146–8
;

trade with Europe
150

Earl, Lancelot
197
,
221
,
228
,
229

East Africa
see
Swahili coast

Eden, Emily
37
,
210
,
242

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
;