The Merchant Houses of Mocha: Trade and Architecture in an Indian Ocean Port

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contents Acknowledgments ix Note on Transliteration, Dates, and Abbreviations xiii Introduction 3 1 TheMochaTradeNetwork 16 2 TheYemeniCoffeeNetwork 36 3 A Littoral Society inYemen 48 4 MerchantsandNākhūdhas 78 5 TheUrbanForm andOrientationof Mocha 96 6 TradingSpaces 125 7 OnthePoliticsof InsideandOut 162 Conclusion:TheEndof theMochaEra 185 Appendix A. The Imams of Qāsimı̄ Yemen and the Governors of Mocha 191 Appendix B. Archival and Museum Sources Consulted 193 Notes 199 Glossary 239 References Cited 241 Illustration Credits 256 Index 257 ...