Connecting the Indian Ocean World 1st Edition by Radhika Seshan 1032439297 9781032439297

Part I Connections by Sea

1 Markets and Competition: Opium Trade in the Malay-Indonesian Archipelago from the Late Seventeenth to the Early Eighteenth Century

Introduction

The Creation of the Batavia-Centred Opium Monopoly

Opium Sales at Batavia and its Distribution in the Malay-Indonesian Archipelago

Monopoly and “Smuggling”

Opium Trafficking around the Malacca Strait

Cat and Mouse Games over the VOC’s Opium Monopoly

Conclusions

Notes

Bibliography

Unpublished Sources

Published Sources

Secondary Sources

2 The Safavid Mission to Siam and the Indian Ocean World in the Late Seventeenth Century

A Persian Mission to Siam in the 1680s

Across the Indian Ocean: Routes of the Persian Mission

Embassy’s Outward Route

Return Journey

Port Cities through the Eyes of the Persian Mission

Muscat (Masqat)

Madras (Chinapatan)

Mergui (Margi)

Tenasserim (Tanasuri)

Pattani (Patani)

Malacca (Malaqa)

Kochi (Kuchi)

Surat (Surat)

Bombay (Mumba’i)

At the Ayutthaya Court: Persians in Siam

Safavid Persia and the Indian Ocean in the Late Seventeenth Century

Conclusion

Notes

References

3 West Africa and France in the Rebuilding of Pondicherry after 1816: The Case of Textile Industry

Introduction

The Early Stage of the Rebuilding of Pondicherry Until the Late 1820s

The Modernisation of Textile Industry in Pondicherry after 1830

Guinées in the Senegal River Valley

Conclusion

Notes

References

4 Circulation of the Kachchhi Bhatiya in the 19th Century: Towards the Indian Ocean World History

Introduction

Circulation, in Order to Activate Network

The Kachchhi Bhatiya and their Expansion towards the Western Indian Ocean

Business and Organisation among the Kachchhi Bhatiya along the East Coast of Africa

Circulation in the 19th Century

Conclusion

Notes

Archival Sources

References

Part II Hinterland Connections

5 Ports, Markets, Commercial Networks, and Politics: Case of Tal (South) Konkan in the 17th Century

Port Hinterland Dynamics: Case Study of Rajapur

Notes

Bibliography

6 Hinterland Connections in 18th-Century North Konkan: Secondary Ports, Coastal Connections, and Internal Markets

Political Landscape

Port Connections: Local Coastal Trade

Port Connections: Coastal Trade

Hinterland Connections

Regional and Local Markets

Notes

Bibliography

7 Inland Trade Networks under the Marathas in the 18th–19th Century: With Special Reference to Indāpūr Pargaṇā in Puṇe Subhā

The Collection of Zakāt (a Transit Duty) under the Marathas