03140oam 2200733I 450 991082830940332120230617010701.01-134-37012-11-134-37013-X0-415-75860-21-280-31459-197866103145910-203-59268-910.4324/9780203592687 (CKB)1000000000254106(EBL)182619(OCoLC)475896740(SSID)ssj0000310704(PQKBManifestationID)11237513(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000310704(PQKBWorkID)10290322(PQKB)11213213(MiAaPQ)EBC182619(Au-PeEL)EBL182619(CaPaEBR)ebr10165160(CaONFJC)MIL31459(OCoLC)252764962(EXLCZ)99100000000025410620180331d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSufis and scholars of the sea family networks in East Africa, 1860-1925 /Anne K. BangLondon ;New York :RoutledgeCurzon,2003.1 online resource (273 p.)Indian Ocean seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-203-35469-9 0-415-31763-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 250-256) and index.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; INDEXAnne 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.Indian Ocean series.SufismAfrica, EastHistorySufisAfrica, EastBiographyUlamaAfrica, EastBiographyNosairiansAfrica, EastBiographyIslamic sectsAfrica, EastHistorySufismHistory.SufisUlamaNosairiansIslamic sectsHistory.297.4/811.83bclBang Anne K.661767FlBoTFGFlBoTFGBOOK9910828309403321Sufis and scholars of the sea4100758UNINA