Sufis and Scholars of the Sea: Family Networks in East Africa, 1860-1925Anne 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. Originating in the South-Yemeni region of Hadramawt, the Alawi tariqa mainly spread along the coast of the Indian Ocean. The Alawis are here portrayed as one of many cultural mediators in the multi-ethnic, multi-religious Indian Ocean world in the era of European colonialism. |
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| Title | Sufis and Scholars of the Sea: Family Networks in East Africa, 1860-1925 Curzon Indian Ocean series Indian Ocean series Routledge Indian Ocean Series RoutledgeCurzon Sufi Series |
| Author | Anne K. Bang |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Psychology Press, 2003 |
| ISBN | 0415317630, 9780415317634 |
| Length | 260 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / General History / Middle East / General |
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