Massawa - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Massawa - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Miran, Jonathan

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1062695
Doc. NO	:	ALei3092
Main Entry	:	Miran, Jonathan
Title & Author	:	Massawa - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Miran, Jonathan
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(2,270 words)
Abstract	:	Massawa is a port city (N 15°37, E 39°27′) on the southern stretch of the African coastline of the Red Sea, in present-day Eritrea. Its natural deep-water harbour and its location on the coast at a point where the escarpment of the Eritrean-Ethiopian highlands and the Red Sea are dramatically close to each other have historically made it a major trade emporium and the northern gateway to the northeastern African interior, especially Ethiopia and Sudan. This strategic position has led a succession of polities and
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei3092.pdf