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

by Anne Bang (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2003

  $141.75

  Originating in the South-Yemeni region of Hadramawt, the Alawi tariqa mainly spread along Indian Ocean's coast. This title focuses on the way that this Islamic brotherhood propagated their brand of Islam. They are portrayed as one of many cultural mediators in the multi-ethnic, multi-religious Indian Ocean world in the era of European colonialism.