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

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: ix, 212 pages : maps ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780748697656
  • 9781474452762
  • 0748697659
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 305.69709 23 REE
LOC classification:
  • BP63.A4 I54 2018
Contents:
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-205) and index.

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.

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