| Sufis and Scholars of the Sea: Family Networks in East Africa, 1860-1925 Contributor(s): Bang, Anne (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415758602 ISBN-13: 9780415758604 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $56.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - Arts & Humanities - History | Middle East - General - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General |
| Dewey: 297.48 |
| Series: Routledge Indian Ocean |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.85 lbs) 260 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |