Bavari - Sindhi corsairs from Gujarat , chasing Arab ships going to India and China . They were converted to Islam during the Samm dynasty [1] . Al-Masoudi mentioned them, saying that they often visited Socotra . Ibn Battuta described that they used large warships. At-Tabari wrote about their attacks on Basra [2] .
Bavarian ships could not compete with the military and were more intended for boarding [1] .
See also
- Sind's story
- Sinbad the Sailor
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Laurier, pg. 132
- ↑ Hourani pg. 114
Literature
- George F. Hourani, John Carswell, Arab Seafaring in the Indian Ocean in Ancient and Early Medieval Times , Princeton University Press , 1995, ISBN 0-691-00032-8
- Laurier Books Limited, Horatio John Suckling, Ceylon: A General Description of the Island, Historical, Physical, Statistical , Asian Educational Services , 1994, ISBN 8-120-60934-4