Islam in the Indian Ocean World: A Brief History with Documents

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A world history lesson stretching across several centuries, Islam in the Indian Ocean World provides insight into how Islam changed the Indian Ocean world and vice versa. Cover Inside Front Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Contents Half Title Part One Introduction: Expansion and Transformation of Islam in the Indian Ocean World Muhhammad and the Ummah Islamization and Afro-Asianization Arabia and Muslims Beyond the Peninsula Mechants, Law, and Custom Sufis, Ulema, and Society East Africa: Abyssinia and the Swahili Coast South Asia: Delhi, The Deccan, and Malabar Southeast Asia: Sumatra, Malacca, and Aceh Conclusion Part Two The Documents 1 Ibn Battuta, Marco Polo, and Zheng He 1 Ibn Battuta The Travels of Ibn Battuta ca. 1350 2 Marco Polo The Travels of Marco Polo ca. 1294 3 Zheng He The Overall Survey of the Ocean’s Shores 1433 2 Trade, Society, and Social Customs 4 Abd-er-Razzak Narrative of the Journey of Abd-er-Razzak 1442 5 Muhammad Ibn Asad Jalal Ud-din Al-Dawwani Jalalean Ethics ca. 1475 6 Ahmad Ibn Majid Two Selections on Navigation 7 Zain Al-Din Al-Malibari Gift of the Mujahidin 1583 8 Tomé Pires Suma Oriental 1512–1515 9 Duarte Barbosa The Book of Duarte Barbosa ca. 1516 10 Antoine Galland The Thousand and One Nights 1717 11 François Bernier Travels in the Mogul Empire ca. 1668 3 Islamic Law, the Qur’an, and Hadith 12 The Azzan ca. 622 13 Fakhr Ud-din Al-Razi An Encyclopedia of the Sciences ca. 1175 14 Maulana Burhan Ud-din Marghinani Guidance ca. 1195 15 Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazali Revival of the Religious Sciences ca. 1100 16 Abu Amr Uthman Letter to the Mamluk Sultan of Egypt ca. 1392 17 Ahmad Al-Wansharisi The Clear Measure ca. 1485 18 Selections from the Qur’an ca. 610–632 19 Sahih Al-Bukhari Selections from the Hadith ca. 846 4 Muslim Polities and Politics 20 Chauncy H. Stigand The Land of Zinj 1913 21 An Arabic Account of Kilwa Kisiwani ca. 1520 22 A Journal of the First Voyage of Vasco da Gama 1497–1499 23 Hans Mayr on the Sack of Kilwa and Mombasa 1505 24 Gulbadan Begum The History of Humayun ca. 1600 25 Pieter van den Broecke on Malik Ambar ca. 1610 26 Imperial Edict from Chittagong, Bengal 1666 5 Conversion and Religious Practice 27 Muhammad Ibn Jubayr The Travels of Ibn Jubayr 1183 28 Pir Hassan Shah (Attrib.) Nizari Isma’ili Qawali Devotional Songs 29 The Chronicles of the Kings of Pasai ca. 1390 30 Muhammad Mujir Wajib Adib The Key to Paradise ca. 1350 31 Shaykh Gisu Daraz Women’s Devotional Songs 32 Mukundaram Kavikankana Candi ca. 1590 33 Malay Annals ca. 1550 34 Abd Al-Ra’uf Essential Exposition and Clarification on the Visionary Experience of the Dying and What Gladdens Him ca. 1650 6 Pluralism, Syncretism, and Reaction 35 Amir Khusraw Lovers of God ca. 1300 36 Abd Al-Qadir Bada’uni On Akbar’s Tolerance 1595 37 Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi Collected Letters ca. 1600 38 Dara Shikoh Dara Shikoh, on His Pantheism 39 Na’t, Devotional Poetry 40 Abd Ul-Haqq Al-Dihlawi Al-Bukhari The Perfection of Faith ca. 1650 41 Ibn ‘Umar Mihrabi The Indian Proof ca. 1615 A Chronology of Islam in the Indian Ocean World (570–1704) Questions for Consideration Selected Bibliography Acknowledgments Index Back Cover