Scent from the Garden of Paradise. Musk and the Medieval Islamic World

CONTENTS
Introduction
About Musk and Its Terminology
Commodities of Further Asia and the Islamic World
History of Musk and the Musk Trade: From Further Asia to the Near East
Islamicate Knowledge of Musk and Musk Producing Lands
The Merchant World and the Musk Trade
Musk in Daily Life in the Early Medieval Islamic World
The Symbolic Importance of Musk in Islamic Culture
Conclusion: Worldly and Otherworldly
Bibliography
Indices