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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828309403321

Autore

Bang Anne K.

Titolo

Sufis and scholars of the sea : family networks in East Africa, 1860-1925 / / Anne K. Bang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2003

ISBN

1-134-37012-1

1-134-37013-X

0-415-75860-2

1-280-31459-1

9786610314591

0-203-59268-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Collana

Indian Ocean series

Classificazione

11.83

Disciplina

297.4/8

Soggetti

Sufism - Africa, East - History

Sufis - Africa, East

Ulama - Africa, East

Nosairians - Africa, East

Islamic sects - Africa, East - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 250-256) and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; SERIES TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; FIGURES; PLATES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 THE A ̄L BA ̄ (BANI ̄) 'ALAWI; 2 THE A  ̄ L BIN SUMAYT; 3 AHMAD B. ABI ̄ BAKR B. SUMAYT; 4 H ADRAMAWT REVISITED; 5 TRAVELLING YEARS; 6 IBNSUMAYT ,THE 'ALAWIYYA AND THE SHA ̄FI 'I 'ULAMA  ̄-OF ZANZIBAR c.1870-1925; 7 SCRIPTURAL ISLAM IN EAST AFRICA; 8 THE WORK OF AQA ̄D I; 9 EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS WITHIN THE COLONIAL STATE; 10 THE DEATH OF A GENERATION; CONCLUSION; APPENDIX; NOTES; SOURCES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Anne Bang focuses on the ways in which a particular Islamic brotherhood, or 'tariqa', the tariqa Alawiyya, spread, maintained and propagated their particular brand of the Islamic faith. Originating in the South-Yemeni region of Hadramawt, the Alawi tariqa mainly spread



along the coast of the Indian Ocean. The Alawis are here portrayed as one of many cultural mediators in the multi-ethnic, multi-religious Indian Ocean world in the era of European colonialism.