Imperial Muslims : Islam, Community and Authority in the Indian Ocean, 1839-1937 / / Scott S. Reese

• Autore: Reese Scott Steven
• Pubblicazione: Edinburgh University Press, 2017; Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , [2018]; ©2018
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (ix, 212 pages) : illustrations, maps
• Disciplina: 305.6/9709182409034
• Soggetto topico: Social change; Religious communities; Muslims; British colonies; Social change - Indian Ocean Region - History - 20th century; Religious communities - Indian Ocean Region - History - 19th century; Muslims - Indian Ocean Region - History - 19th century
• Soggetto geografico: Indian Ocean Region; Great Britain Colonies
• Soggetto genere / forma: History; Electronic books.
• Soggetto non controllato: History; islam; colonialism; Indian Ocean; British Empire; transregional history; Islamic reform; Aden; Muslims; Qadi; Sayyid; Sufism
• Classificazione: NK 4100
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-205) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction : a community of Muslims -- Hanuman's tunnel : collapsing the space between Hind and Arabia in the Arab imaginary -- Aden, the Company and Indian Ocean interests -- Claims to community : mosques, cemeteries and the universe -- "The Qadi is not a judge" : the Qadi's courts, community and authority -- "An innocent amusement" : marginality, spirit possession and the moral community -- Scripturalism, Sufism and the limits of defining public religiosity.
• Sommario/riassunto: Explores the social consequences of Britain's creation of an Indian Ocean empire that brought millions of Muslim subjects under a single political umbrella for the first time in the modern era.
• Titolo autorizzato: Imperial Muslims
• ISBN: 1-4744-3252-2; 0-7486-9766-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910255445003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II