Monsoon Islam : trade and faith on the medieval Malabar Coast / Sebastian R. Prange, University of British Columbia, Vancouver.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Prange, Sebastian R., author.

Series:

Cambridge oceanic histories.

Cambridge oceanic histories

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam--India--Malabar Coast--History.

Islam.

Malabar Coast (India)--Commerce--History.

Malabar Coast (India).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 344 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2018.

Summary:

Between the twelfth and sixteenth centuries, a distinct form of Islamic thought and practice developed among Muslim trading communities of the Indian Ocean. Sebastian R. Prange argues that this 'Monsoon Islam' was shaped by merchants not sultans, forged by commercial imperatives rather than in battle, and defined by the reality of Muslims living within non-Muslim societies. Focusing on India's Malabar Coast, the much-fabled 'land of pepper', Prange provides a case study of how Monsoon Islam developed in response to concrete economic, socio-religious, and political challenges. Because communities of Muslim merchants across the Indian Ocean were part of shared commercial, scholarly, and political networks, developments on the Malabar Coast illustrate a broader, trans-oceanic history of the evolution of Islam across monsoon Asia. This history is told through four spaces that are examined in their physical manifestations as well as symbolic meanings: the Port, the Mosque, the Palace, and the Sea.

Contents:

The first Indian Muslim

The port

The mosque

The palace

The sea

Monsoon Muslims.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 27 Apr 2018).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-108-34147-0

1-108-33486-5

1-108-34269-8