Sufis and Scholars of the Sea: Networks in East Africa 1860 - 1925 - routledge Curzon Sufie Series

Zusatztext 'Sufis and Scholars of the Sea is a fine scholarly work. It is well researched! focused! and excellently presented. It deserves attention for its original approach! and for the wealth of previously unpublished information.' - Asian Journal of Social Science Informationen zum Autor Anne K. Bang is a Post Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Bergen! Norway. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The Al Ba (Bani) Alawi 2. The Al Bin Sumayt 3. Ahmad B. Abi Bakr B. Sumayt: Childhood and Youth in the Comoro Islands 4. Hadramawt Revisited. Family and Scholarly Networks Reinforced 5. Travelling Years: Zanzibar-Istanbul-Cairo-Mecca-Java-Zanzibar: 1885-1888 6. IBN Sumayt! the Alawis and the Shafti I Ulama of Zanzibar C. 1870-1925: Profile of the Learned Class: Recruitment! Training and Careers 7. Scriptural Islam in East Africa: THe Alawiyya! Arabization and the Indigenization of Islam in East Africa! 1880-1925 8. The Work of a Qadi: IBN Sumayt and the Official Roles of the Zanzibari Ulama in the British-Bu SA IDI State! C. 1890-1925 9. Educational Efforts Within the Colonial State: The Ulama and The Quest for Secular Education 10. The Death of a Generation

Product details

• Authors: Anne Bang, Anne K. Bang
• Publisher: Routledge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.08.2003
• EAN: 9780415317634
• ISBN: 978-0-415-31763-4
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 242 mm x 22 mm
• Series: Routledge Indian Ocean Series; Routledge Indian Ocean Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Middle East / General, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Middle East, Religion: general, mysticism, Regional Studies, Middle Eastern history, Regional / International studies, African History, Regional Geography, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Islamic groups: Sufis, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General