Under empire : Muslim lives and loyalties across the Indian Ocean world, 1775-1945 / Michael Francis Laffan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Laffan, Michael Francis, 1969- author.

Series:

Columbia Studies in International and Global History

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Imperialism.

Indian Ocean Region--Civilization.

Indian Ocean Region.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (397 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2022]

Summary:

Michael Francis Laffan offers a sweeping exploration of two centuries of interactions among Muslim subjects of empires and nation-states around the Indian Ocean world. He traces interlinked lives and journeys, examining engagements with Western, Islamic, and pan-Asian imperial formations to consider the possibilities for Muslims in an imperial age.

Contents:

Intro

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgments

A Note on Transliterations, Spelling, and Dates

Introduction

Part One: Western Deposits

One: From the Spice Islands to the Place of Sadness

Two: Shaping Islam at the Cape of Good Hope

Three: Sanguinary Attacks and Unruly Passions

Four: Friends Firm and Warm

Part Two: Muslim Mediations

Five: Other Malays, Other Exiles

Six: Between Shrinking Kandy and Distant Istanbul

Seven: For Queen, Country, and Caliph in Africa

Eight: Seven Pashas for Ceylon

Part Three: Eastern Returns

Nine: A Caliph for Greater Java

Ten: For Arabs, Arabic, and the Community

Eleven: Pan-Islamism, Nationalism, Pan-Asianism

Twelve: Forgotten Jihad

Epilogue

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Series List.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Laffan, Michael Francis Under Empire

ISBN:

0-231-55465-6

OCLC:

1336404092