The bulk of your research has been on Islamic legal systems that prevailed in the Indian Ocean region, particularly Shafi’ism ...

The question, where is Kerala, can be answered empirically by simply stating that it is in the southwestern corner of India.

Archaeologists off the Kenyan coast have unearthed what may be the wreckage of a ship linked to Vasco da Gama’s final voyage.

These remarkable sites serve as living memory-keepers of the Afro-origin men and women who once arrived in the Indian ...

The earliest known world map was etched sometime around the 6th century ... trade in the late 15th and early 16th centuries. In 1494, the two countries drew a line through the Atlantic Ocean ...

The Portuguese noble, who was the first European to reach India by sea, sailed there for the last time in 1524, taking a ...

Celebrations rocked India and different parts of the world as people welcomed a hopeful and fresh beginning after a year ...

Oman's diverse landscapes, its unspoiled natural areas and at the same time well-developed tourist infrastructure provide ...

New Delhi has vital interests in the Indian Ocean and has long considered it as its ... which existed from the first centuries until the 15th century AD. This maritime trade route, known as the "Red ...

During the early Middle Ages this network expanded as sailors and merchants from the Arabian Peninsula established trading routes across the Arabian Sea and into the Indian Ocean ... the trade port ...