Book Summary
This book 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.
Book Details
| Book Name | Sufis And Scholars Of The Sea |
| Author | Anne K. Bang |
| Publisher | Routledge/curzon (Oct 2003) |
| ISBN | 9780415317634 |
| Pages | 260 |
| Language | English |
| Price | 9746 |