A Neo-Fatimid treasury of books : : Arabic manuscripts among the Alawi Bohras of South Asia / / Olly Akkerman.
This book tells the story of a manuscript repository found all over the pre-modern Muslim world: the khizanat al-kutub, or treasury of books. The focus is on the undisclosed Arabic manuscript culture of a small but vibrant South Asian Shi'i Muslim community, the Bohras. It looks at how books th...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press,, 2023. |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxi, 382 pages) :; illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Maps and Figures vii
- Acknowledgements xii
- Notes on Transliteration and Dates xv
- Sources xvi
- Prologue: Fatimid Encounters across the Indian Ocean xix
- Introduction Reading Sijistani in Gujarat: The Bohra Treasury of Books 1
- Inside the Treasury of Books: Reflections on the Ethnography of Manuscripts 21
- Chapter 1 Community: Introduction to the Alawi Bohras 45
- Chapter 2 Treasury of Books 98
- Chapter 3 Secret Universe 158
- Chapter 4 Manuscript Stories 209
- Chapter 5 Materiality of Secrecy 249
- Chapter 6 Script and Scribal Politics 300
- Conclusion: A Jihad for Books 345
- Epilogue: A Case for Social Codicology 351
- Glossary 353
- Bibliography
- 359
- Index 374.