Imperial Muslims : Islam, community and authority in the Indian Ocean, 1839-1937 / Scott S. Reese. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2018]
Content
Acknowledgments
Map 1 British Aden
Map 2 The Indian Ocean and its commercial routes
Map 3 Yemen in the nineteenth century
Introduction: A Community of Muslims
1 Hanuman’s Tunnel: Collapsing the Space between Hind and Arabia in the Arab Imaginary
2 Aden, the Company and Indian Ocean Interests
3 Claims to Community: Mosques, Cemeteries and the Universe
4 “The Qadi is not a Judge”: The Qadi’s Courts, Community and Authority
5 “An Innocent Amusement”: Marginality, Spirit Possession and the Moral Community
6 Scripturalism, Sufi sm and the Limits of Defining Public Religiosity
Conclusions
Notes
Bibliography
Index