Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

2010

Publication Title

The Portuguese in the Orient

Pages

49-76

Abstract

[First paragraph] Portuguese dominance over the trade in horses across the Arabian Sea from West Asia to the western littoral of India lasted approximately from the Portuguese capture of Goa in 1510 to their loss of Ormuz to the Persians in 1622. As will be evident from the subsequent discussion, Portuguese control was incomplete and its significance varied from area to area and also from time to time. Nevertheless, a study of their attempts to control this trade is useful for three major reasons.

Rights

Included with kind permission from the author.

Original Publication Citation

De Silva, C. R. (2010). Empire, horses and trade: An examination of sixteenth century Portuguese efforts to control trade in Arab and Persian horses across the Arabian Sea. In The Portuguese in the Orient (pp. 49-76). International Centre for Ethnic Studies.

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