Pearlfishers, townsfolk, Bedouin and Shaykhs: Economic and social relations in Islamic Al-Zubarah

Tobias Richter; Paul David Wordsworth; Alan George Walmsley

Pearlfishers, townsfolk, Bedouin and Shaykhs: Economic and social relations in Islamic Al-Zubarah

Tobias Richter, Paul David Wordsworth, Alan George Walmsley

Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies

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Abstract

Two seasons of excavation at the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century settlement of al-Zuba¯rah in north-west Qatar provide an insight into the emergence and development of early modem pearl-fishing and -trading settlements in the Persian Gulf. Here we present a preliminary overview of the archaeological phases identified so far at the site, discuss characteristics of al-Zuba¯rah's urban layout, show how archaeology can contribute to the identification of social and economic differences, and further highlight the crucial role of al-Zuba¯rah's hinterland in supporting the pearl-fishing and -trading economy.

Original language	English
Journal	Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies
Volume	41
Pages (from-to)	317-332
Number of pages	16
ISSN	0308-8421
Publication status	Published - 2011

Keywords

Faculty of Humanities
Qatar
pearl trade
al-Zubarah
urbanism
hinterland

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Pearlfishers, townsfolk, Bedouin and Shaykhs: Economic and social relations in Islamic Al-Zubarah

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