Muslim cultures of the Indian Ocean : : diversity and pluralism, past and present / / edited by Stéphane Pradines, Farouk Topan.

• Superior document: Exploring Muslim Contexts Ser.
• TeilnehmendeR: Pradines, Stéphane,; Topan, Farouk ,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press,, [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Exploring Muslim Contexts Ser.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (349 pages)
• Notes: Includes index.

Explores the role of Islam in forming and transforming interconnectivity across the Indian Ocean World from a longue duréeperspective.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Introduction -- Part I Muslim Identities, Literature and Diasporas -- Chapter 1 Developing the Harari Muşḥaf: The Indian Ocean Milieu of Ethiopian Scribes -- Chapter 2 The Making of a Qurʾān Manuscript in Lamu Archipelago: The Indian Ocean Cross-cultural Influence -- Chapter 3 Muslim Identities of the Indian Ocean: the Ibadi Al Bu Saʾid of Oman during the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries -- Chapter 4 Religion, Ethnicity and Identity in the Zanzibar Sultanate -- Chapter 5 Transcending Boundaries: Sayyida Salme/Emily Ruete and Siti binti Saad -- Chapter 6 Exploring the Geographies and Locales in Shaykh Jamali Dehlawi’s Siyar al-ʿārifīn (The Virtues of Gnostics) -- Chapter 7 A Persian View of the Maritime Muslim Frontier in Southeast Asia: The Jāmiʿ al-barr waʾl-bar -- Chapter 8 ‘Sword of the Two Sanctuaries’: Islam of and in the Modern Indian Ocean -- Part II Monuments and Heritage in Muslim Contexts -- Chapter 9 The Indian Ocean as a Maritime Cultural Landscape and Heritage Route -- Chapter 10 Indian Ocean Heritage and Sustainable Conservation, from Zanzibar to Kilwa -- Chapter 11 Early Swahili Mosques: The Role of Ibadi and Ismaili Communities, Ninth to Twelfth Centuries -- Chapter 12 Traditional Bohra Dwellings of Gujarat, India: Architectural Response to Cultural Ethos -- Chapter 13 Regionalism in Religious Architecture of India: A Comparative Study of Mosques in Gujarat and Kerala -- Chapter 14 Architecture of Coral Stone Mosques of the Maldives -- Chapter 15 The Development of Early Islamic Architecture and Decoration in the Malay-Indonesian Archipelago (Nusantara) -- About the Contributors -- Index