Caravan raids

Caravan raids are a surprise attack or incursion by a hostile force on a caravan, a group of merchants, pilgrims, or travelers journeying together.

Examples

Caravan raids have been described as a characteristic risk for travelers in the 19th-century Sahara desert^[1] and Kazakh Steppe.^[2] Caravan raids were also a risk for Hajj caravans through various historical periods, from the Crusades to the Ottoman period.^[3]^[4]

References

^ Boahen, A. Adu (1962). "The Caravan Trade in the Nineteenth Century". The Journal of African History. 3 (2): 349–359. ISSN 0021-8537.
^ Eden, Jeff (June 2023). "Anatomy of a Caravan Raid: Peril and Possibility in the Kazakh Steppe, 1800–1860". Journal of Central Asian History. 2 (1): 1–32 – via ResearchGate.
^ Mallett, Alex (2008). "A Trip down the Red Sea with Reynald of Châtillon". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. 18 (2): 141–153. ISSN 1356-1863.
^ Khan, Mu'Īnuddīn Aḥmad; Jones, Harford (1968). "A Diplomat's Report on Wahhabism of Arabia". Islamic Studies. 7 (1): 33–46. ISSN 0578-8072.

[1] Boahen, A. Adu (1962). "The Caravan Trade in the Nineteenth Century". The Journal of African History. 3 (2): 349–359. ISSN 0021-8537.

[2] Eden, Jeff (June 2023). "Anatomy of a Caravan Raid: Peril and Possibility in the Kazakh Steppe, 1800–1860". Journal of Central Asian History. 2 (1): 1–32 – via ResearchGate.

[3] Mallett, Alex (2008). "A Trip down the Red Sea with Reynald of Châtillon". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. 18 (2): 141–153. ISSN 1356-1863.

[4] Khan, Mu'Īnuddīn Aḥmad; Jones, Harford (1968). "A Diplomat's Report on Wahhabism of Arabia". Islamic Studies. 7 (1): 33–46. ISSN 0578-8072.

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