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For God or empire : Sayyid Fadl and the Indian Ocean world / Wilson Chacko Jacob.
LIBRA BP80.F245 J33 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jacob, Wilson Chacko, 1972- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Faḍl ibn ʻAlawī, Amir of Ẓafār, 1825-1900.
- Faḍl ibn ʻAlawī.
- Sufis--India--Malabar--Biography.
- Sufis.
- Moplahs--India--Malabar--Biography.
- Moplahs.
- Political activists--India--Malabar--Biography.
- Political activists.
- Sovereignty--Religious aspects--Islam.
- Sovereignty.
- Islam and politics--Indian Ocean Region--History.
- Islam and politics.
- History.
- Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.
- Turkey.
- India--History--British occupation, 1765-1947.
- India.
- India--Malabar.
- Indian Ocean Region.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 276 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2019]
- Contents:
- Introduction : life in-between
- Remaking the Indian Ocean world : Sufis, sovereigns, and the Mappilas of Malabar
- "Where the sun rises to where the sun sets" : origins, life, and the faces of sovereignty
- "The tear will widen" : re-ordering government Madras to Istanbul
- "Time is the only veil" : Sufism and the politics of recognition
- Uncertain returns : cyberspace, genetics, and genealogies
- "This true and merciful way" : sovereignty and life's end(s)
- Conclusion : sovereignty and life's mysterious unity.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780804793186
- 0804793182
- 9781503609631
- 1503609634
- OCLC:
- 1048941109
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