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Abstract
This phase is the backbone of the thesis. Gathering the data which were collected in the first two phases, studies and examinations of the data, then divided the thesis into three chapters and a conclusion as follows:
Introduction.
Chapter one: Navigation of the Red Sea during the Islamic era.
Chapter two: Islamic Harbours of the Red Sea.
Chapter three: Case Study: A Heritage Management Proposal for Quseir al-Qadim.
Conclusion.
The thesis depends mainly on the writings of Islamic travellers, historians, navigators and geographers, because the archaeological evidence is limited, some of facts should be clarified now. Islamic medieval sources sometimes are uncertain or unclear, and incomplete. One of the main purposes of the thesis was to define the infrastructure of Islamic harbours of the Red Sea based on the writings of Islamic travellers and geographers, but it was difficult to find the relevant information to learning about the infrastructure of any harbour. Each traveller seemed to have had a different view of places he visited: for example, a place for sometimes a big town, sometimes a village, and to others an anchorage or a great port. In addition, some writers tend to copy earlier works without attributions.
Islamic travellers, navigators and geographers were generally writing about the towns and the distance between them, and when they mentioned a harbour, they did not give any precise information about the infrastructure or the extent of these harbours or, the numbers of ships anchored. To the contrary, these writings were useful to provide information about the names of Islamic harbours, the navigational seasons and rituals, the commercial and political relations between the Islamic harbours of the Red Sea each other and beyond, and that will be discussed through this chapter and the second chapter too.
Unfortunately, the current archive about Islamic maritime archaeological record about the Red Sea is not sufficient. The texts of the Islamic historians, travellers and geographers have neglected the scientific results which had been showed by the archaeological excavations. Such precise information about infrastructure of the Islamic harbours, specified places for ships maintenance (etc.). That shows the importance of the archaeological excavations, which will be clear through the second chapter.
Since the archaeological excavations have the role to confirm or reject the information of the historical texts, or to figure out new information, it is important to continue excavate the Islamic harbours as archaeological sites. Moreover, protecting archaeological sites is important as much as excavated those sites. After finishing any excavations, the sites may-be face a different disturbances, that is the reason of submitting a heritage management proposal for Quseir al-Qadim harbour. Quseir al-Qadim is the only Islamic harbour in the northern Red Sea have been excavated with systematic techniques, and produced a professional publications, so it is important to protect the site to be an example for protecting the other similar excavated harbours in the Red Sea, and for the future excavations that shall be hold on the Islamic harbours.