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General Introduction xi
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Bibliography xix

SBN 7189 0900 3 Part I. The navigators and their works
1. Indian Ocean navigation before the time of
I bn Majid 1
2. Ahmad ibn Majid and his works '
(a) Ibn Majid’s life and reputation 7
(b) His style and literary genius 12 ;
(c) Ibn Majid’s writings 22
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(d) The dating of Ibn Majid’s works
y 01 (e) The Hamya 24' r- . *
(f) The Pawa'id
1. The Manuscripts 25
2. Summary of contents 28
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3. The plan of the Fawa'id and
comparison of it with that of the
Hamya 35
i 4. Sources of the Fawa'id 37
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3. Indian Ocean navigation after Ibn Majid
(a) Sulaiman al-Mahri 41
(b) Sidi Ali £elebi 44
The Arab ship 47
The Muslim and the ship’s crew 58

Part II. Ahmad ibn Majid: Kitab al-Fawa’id fi usul al-bahr
wa5l*qawaJid 65
The First Fa’ida concerning sea-going t
The origins of navigation 69
Early writers on navigation 70
Compass points and lunar mansions 74
PRINTED IN ENGLAND BY The Second Fa^da. A summary of the basic prin­
STEPHEN AUSTIN AND SONS LTD., HERTFORD ciples of the art of navigation 77
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