Sufis and Scholars of the Sea
Family Networks in East Africa, 1860-1925
Series: Routledge Indian Ocean Series
List Price: $185.00
Add to Cart- ISBN: 978-0-415-31763-4
- Binding: Hardback
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 08/21/2003
- Pages: 272
- Trim Size: 234X156
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About the Book
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.You may also be interested in:
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