A world history lesson stretching across several centuries, Islam in the Indian Ocean World provides insight into how Islam changed the Indian Ocean world and vice versa.
Author(s): Omar H. Ali
Series: Bedford Series in History and Culture
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
Year: 2016
Language: English
Pages: 176
City: Boston
Cover
Inside Front Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Contents
Half Title
Part One Introduction: Expansion and Transformation of Islam in the Indian Ocean World
Muhhammad and the Ummah
Islamization and Afro-Asianization
Arabia and Muslims Beyond the Peninsula
Mechants, Law, and Custom
Sufis, Ulema, and Society
East Africa: Abyssinia and the Swahili Coast
South Asia: Delhi, The Deccan, and Malabar
Southeast Asia: Sumatra, Malacca, and Aceh
Conclusion
Part Two The Documents
1 Ibn Battuta, Marco Polo, and Zheng He
1 Ibn Battuta The Travels of Ibn Battuta ca. 1350
2 Marco Polo The Travels of Marco Polo ca. 1294
3 Zheng He The Overall Survey of the Ocean’s Shores 1433
2 Trade, Society, and Social Customs
4 Abd-er-Razzak Narrative of the Journey of Abd-er-Razzak 1442
5 Muhammad Ibn Asad Jalal Ud-din Al-Dawwani Jalalean Ethics ca. 1475
6 Ahmad Ibn Majid Two Selections on Navigation
7 Zain Al-Din Al-Malibari Gift of the Mujahidin 1583
8 Tomé Pires Suma Oriental 1512–1515
9 Duarte Barbosa The Book of Duarte Barbosa ca. 1516
10 Antoine Galland The Thousand and One Nights 1717
11 François Bernier Travels in the Mogul Empire ca. 1668
3 Islamic Law, the Qur’an, and Hadith
12 The Azzan ca. 622
13 Fakhr Ud-din Al-Razi An Encyclopedia of the Sciences ca. 1175
14 Maulana Burhan Ud-din Marghinani Guidance ca. 1195
15 Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazali Revival of the Religious Sciences ca. 1100
16 Abu Amr Uthman Letter to the Mamluk Sultan of Egypt ca. 1392
17 Ahmad Al-Wansharisi The Clear Measure ca. 1485
18 Selections from the Qur’an ca. 610–632
19 Sahih Al-Bukhari Selections from the Hadith ca. 846
4 Muslim Polities and Politics
20 Chauncy H. Stigand The Land of Zinj 1913
21 An Arabic Account of Kilwa Kisiwani ca. 1520
22 A Journal of the First Voyage of Vasco da Gama 1497–1499
23 Hans Mayr on the Sack of Kilwa and Mombasa 1505
24 Gulbadan Begum The History of Humayun ca. 1600
25 Pieter van den Broecke on Malik Ambar ca. 1610
26 Imperial Edict from Chittagong, Bengal 1666
5 Conversion and Religious Practice
27 Muhammad Ibn Jubayr The Travels of Ibn Jubayr 1183
28 Pir Hassan Shah (Attrib.) Nizari Isma’ili Qawali Devotional Songs
29 The Chronicles of the Kings of Pasai ca. 1390
30 Muhammad Mujir Wajib Adib The Key to Paradise ca. 1350
31 Shaykh Gisu Daraz Women’s Devotional Songs
32 Mukundaram Kavikankana Candi ca. 1590
33 Malay Annals ca. 1550
34 Abd Al-Ra’uf Essential Exposition and Clarification on the Visionary Experience of the Dying and What Gladdens Him ca. 1650
6 Pluralism, Syncretism, and Reaction
35 Amir Khusraw Lovers of God ca. 1300
36 Abd Al-Qadir Bada’uni On Akbar’s Tolerance 1595
37 Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi Collected Letters ca. 1600
38 Dara Shikoh Dara Shikoh, on His Pantheism
39 Na’t, Devotional Poetry
40 Abd Ul-Haqq Al-Dihlawi Al-Bukhari The Perfection of Faith ca. 1650
41 Ibn ‘Umar Mihrabi The Indian Proof ca. 1615
A Chronology of Islam in the Indian Ocean World (570–1704)
Questions for Consideration
Selected Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index
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