Hassan Khalilieh's work presents a broad survey of Islamic maritime law from the 9ththrough the 13th century. As a survey, the treatment is general and introductory; nevertheless, anyreader with an interest in Islamic maritime law or medieval maritime law and practice in theMediterranean will find this book an invaluable reference. Khalilieh argues that the Qur[ham]an,sunna, and fiqh sources from the 1st and 2nd centuries (hijra) are generallysilent on the rules of seafaring. In some of the primary documentary sources of that period, onecan find the beginnings of what would become Islamic naval supremacy in the Mediterranean. Butto understand the laws of seafaring, one should look to fatawa collections and legaltexts of the 9th to 13th centuries.