The story of Hadhramaut and its diaspora illuminates significant aspects of Indian Ocean history, notably the role of non-Western merchants, Islamisation and controversies within Islam, British clashes with the Ottomans, and social transformations through migration.
Author(s): Ulrike Freitag, William Clarence-Smith
Series: Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East and Asia
Publisher: Brill
Year: 1997
Language: English
Pages: 392
City: Leiden
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of Maps
Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction
Hadhramaut and the Hadhrami Diaspora in the Modern Colonial Era: an Introductory Survey
Hadhramaut and the Hadhrami Diaspora: Problems in Theoretical History
Politics, local and international
Expansion, State Foundation and Reform: the Contest for Power in Hadhramaut in the Nineteenth Century
Hadhrami Politics 1888-1967: Conflicts of Identity and Interest
The Hadhrami Role in the Politics and Society of Colonial India, 1750s to 1950s
Hadhramis in the Politics and Administration of the Malay States in the late Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
Dutch Colonial Policy Pertaining to Hadhrami Immigrants
Hadhramis in International Politics c. 1750-1967
Social stratification and integration
Hadhramis abroad in Hadhramaut: the Muwalladīn
Reflections on the System of Social Stratification in Hadhramaut
Changing Patterns of Hadhrami Migration and Social Integration in East Africa
The Hadhrami Diaspora in South-Western India: the Role of the Sayyids of the Malabar Coast
Natural Leaders of Native Muslims: Arab Ethnicity and Politics in Java under Dutch Rule
Religious and social reform
The Cult of Saints and Religious Reformism in Hadhramaut
Religious Links between Hadhramaut and the Malay-Indonesian World, c. 1850 to c. 1950
Islamic Modernism in Colonial Java: the al-Irshād Movement
A Hadhrami Religious Scholar in Indonesia: Sayyid ʿUthmān
Economic dynamics
The Impact of Remittances on the Economy of Hadhramaut, 1914-1967
The Economic Role of the Hadhrami Diaspora in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, 1820s to 1930s
Hadhrami Entrepreneurs in the Malay World, c. 1750 to c. 1940
Conclusion
Conclusion: the Diaspora since the Age of Independence
Notes on the Contributors
Note on Transliteration
Glossary
Archival Sources and Bibliography
Index
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