A name older than the word offshore.
Over 4,000 years ago, Sumerian scribes wrote of a land across the sea. They called it Meluhha. We know it as the Indus Valley.
The land across the sea
Sargon of Akkad, who ruled Mesopotamia around 2300 BC, recorded that ships from Meluhha docked at the quay of his capital. They came loaded with carnelian, timber and finished goods.
Skilled people in one place made things for people who needed them in another. That is the whole idea of offshore work, and it is where our tagline comes from.
What did Meluhha send?
Three objects from that trade sit inside our logo.
The etched bead
Carnelian beads with fine white patterns, made in the Indus Valley and found in the royal tombs of Ur. Craft that travelled.
The stone weight
Polished stone cubes, cut to one standard across hundreds of miles, so a trade was fair wherever it happened.
The thread
Beads of different stones, worn on one strand. Different makers, one piece of work.
What do we stand for?
Four things we took from the old trade and hold ourselves to.
Craft before speed
We would rather place one person who is good at the work than ten who are available.
Fair measure
The price you see is the price you pay. And talent never pays to be hired.
One thread
Your Meluhha teammate joins your tools, your meetings and your standards. One team, two places.
Understanding first
Around 2200 BC a man named Shu-ilishu worked as an interpreter of the Meluhhan language. Good work still starts with being understood.
Who is behind it?
Meluhha is led by Ibraheem Ahmad. He has spent 15 years in learning and development, and built the training function from zero for an offshore workforce of more than 850 people serving US and Australian clients.
That is why we are building the Meluhha Academy.