Arab Navigation in the Indian Ocean Before the Coming of the Portuguese: Being a Translation of Kitāb Al-Fawāʼid Fī Uṣūl Al-baḥr Waʼl-qawāʼid of Aḥmad B. Mājid Al-Najdī ; Together with an Introduction on the History of Arab Navigation, Notes on the Navigational Techniques and on the Topography of the Indian Ocean and a Glossary of Navigational Terms |
Contents
The navigators and their works | 1 |
The Arab ship | 46 |
Kitāb alFawaid fi ușul albaḥr | 65 |
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Common terms and phrases
according accurate Aden al-'Aiyuq al-Far al-Sharaṭān appears Arab Arabian bashi bearing beginning called Canopus cape coastal compass constellation culmination Damascus Damascus manuscript dhow distance east equal altitude fa'ida Farqad Farqadan Fartak Fawa'id Ferrand fettered given gives Gujerat Gulf harbour Hawiya horizontal Hormuz Ibn Majid Indian Ocean işba islands Jidda Kaws known land landfalls latitude latitude measurements latter lunar mansions mainland Mājid Malacca Maldives maps means mentioned Minhaj monsoon mountains north wind northern occurs opposite perhaps Persian phrase Plough poem Pole Star port Portuguese position Pulau qiyās qiyās measurements Qutami Ra's al-Hadd Red Sea Pilot reef rhumbs rising route Sa'd sailing sailors season setting Sha'b Shiḥr ship shoals Sidi Çelebi Simāk Soqotra southern Strait Suakin Suhail Sulaiman al-Mahri Sumatra SW monsoon term texts Thurayya tirfa Tomaschek trans translation Tuhfat Umda Vega verses west coast word Yemen Zahra zām