Sufis and Scholars of the Sea: Family Networks in East Africa, 1860-1925

By Anne Bang

Book Overview

Anne 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415758602
• ISBN13: 9780415758604
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"