Uneasy Partnership

A Note on Armenian-Danish Commercial Collaboration in the Indian Ocean, ca. 1700

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ID7895087
AuthorsSebouh David Aslanian (University of California, Los Angeles), Sanjay Subrahmanyam (0000-0001-7781-086X, Professor, History Department, UCLA Los Angeles, CA USA)
Year2025
Volume68
Issue3-4
Pages398-415
Publication date2025-04-07
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-4995 • E-ISSN: 1568-5209
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1163/15685209-12341647
OpenAlexW4409320729
LanguageEN
References cited8

The trading network of the Armenians of New Julfa expanded apace in the Indian Ocean and Mediterranean in the seventeenth century, the same period when the chartered trading East India Companies of the Netherlands, England, France and Denmark were being created. While we know a fair amount regarding Armenian dealings with the English, French, and Dutch, less has been written concerning the case of the Danes. However, an exploration of Copenhagen’s Rigsarkivet sheds some intriguing light on the Armenian-Danish relationship, which was one of both violent conflict and episodic partnership. This exploratory note closely considers a commercial contract in Julfa dialect from the early eighteenth century, which sheds light on the Armenian sugar trade from Bengal and the community’s dealings with the Danes

Ancient history · Armenian · Asian studies · China · Danish · General partnership · Political science · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Law · Maritime Security and History · Philosophy

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