The dissertation investigates the relationship between a polity ruled by the sharifs of Mecca, descendants of the Prophet Muhammad, and the expansionist Mamluk Sultanate, which ruled Egypt and Syria from 1260-1517. The dissertation argues that, during the first half of the fifte…
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This dissertation examines the making of a complex Red Sea urban coastal society in Massawa (in present day Eritrea) in the second half of the nineteenth century. As a centuries-old port town Massawa's traditional role and raison d'être has been to mediate between multiple comme…
This thesis will analyse a sample of maritime terminology used along the Saudi Red Sea coast and attempt to understand why lexica are lacking in such terms; an issue which can be linked to the language change was a consequence of the interaction between Arabs and other ethnic co…
The site of Quseir al-Qadim was a port on the Egyptian shores of the Red Sea that was active in the late twelfth through fifteenth century AD. A synthesis of archaeological and textual evidence found at the site reveals that this small port, which is only fleetingly mentioned in…
Storm surge occurs in low-lying coastal areas when strong winds blow the sea surface up onto the land. The resulting inundation can pose a great danger to lives and property. This study uses an Ocean General Circulation Model and the results from a mesoscale atmospheric model to…
This work utilizes the Four-Dimensional Plates (4DPlates) software, and Differential Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (DInSAR) to examine plate-scale, regional-scale and local-scale kinematics of the Afro-Arabian Rift System with emphasis on the Afar Depression in Ethiop…
This dissertation argues that Ethiopia had a greater role in South Arabian history in late pre-Islamic times than scholars have hitherto believed. The two states involved in the power struggle in the southern Red Sea during this period were the Christian kingdom of Aksum in nort…
Knowledge about cetaceans in the Red Sea is limited with only a handful of sporadic or spatially-limited studies carried out to date. Funded by the Italian Cooperation through a Debt-for-Nature Swap programme and carried out in collaboration with the Egyptian NGO HEPCA, this the…
Saudi Arabia was the first Arab country to claim offshore jurisdiction and the first Middle Eastern state to define its offshore waters. This study examines the principal geographical factors which have resulted in the present Saudi maritime boundary. The semi-enclosed sea, isla…
In four interrelated chapters, along with all-important prolegomena, this dissertation explores the practice of history-writing through a sustained interrogation of the concept of the sea, especially relating to its formulation, past and present, as an object of historical study…