Multanis
Multanis were an influential merchant diaspora from the Indian subcontinent that was widely active in Central and Western Asia between 14th and 19th centuries. They were centered in the city of Multan in modern-day Punjab, Pakistan. The majority of Multanis were Punjabi Khatris.[1]
References
[edit]- ↑ Oonk, Gijsbert 2007, p. 43.
Sources
[edit]- Gopal, Surendra (2016). Born to Trade: Indian Business Communities in Medieval and Early Modern Eurasia. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-351-98738-7.
- Sengupta, Ms Anita; Rakhimov, Mr Mirzokhid (2015). Insights and Commentaries: South and Central Asia: South and Central Asia. KW Publishers. ISBN 978-93-85714-05-4.
- Aslanian, Sebouh David (2014). From the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean: The Global Trade Networks of Armenian Merchants from New Julfa. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-28217-9.
- Oonk, Gijsbert (2007). Global Indian Diasporas: Exploring Trajectories of Migration and Theory. Amsterdam University Press. ISBN 978-90-5356-035-8.
- Barendse, Rene (2009). Arabian Seas 1700–1763. Brill. ISBN 978-90-474-3002-5.
- Markovits, Claude (2000). The Global World of Indian Merchants, 1750–1947: Traders of Sind from Bukhara to Panama. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-43127-9.
- Dale, Stephen Frederic (1994). Indian Merchants and Eurasian Trade, 1600–1750. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-52597-8.