Books by Dionisius A. Agius

First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The development of the Siculo Arabic group of varieties in the early medieval period took place while Sicily was under two cultural influences: the Latin and the Byzantine. This book explores the Arabic spoken by both Arabs and non-Arabs in that region, during that period.

This book is a study of the seafaring communities of the Arabian Gulf and Oman in the past 150 years. It analyses the significance of the dhow and how coastal communities have interacted throughout their long tradition of seafaring.