Dyer, Mark2020-04-282020-04-2819790281—6814https://hdl.handle.net/2144/40418African Studies Center Working Paper No. 19en-USCopyright © 1979, by the author.Sahara DesertCaravan tradeIslam in AfricaSaharan historyCentral Saharan trade in the early Islamic centuries (7th - 9th centuries A.D.)Article