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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reese, Scott Steven, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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.

Indian Ocean Region.

Great Britain--Colonies.

Great Britain.

Genre:

History.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 212 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh University Press 2017

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

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.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-205) and index.

CC BY-NC

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781474432528

1474432522

9780748697663

0748697667

OCLC:

1063823127

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access