Islam in South Asia in Practice, 2009, p.1
2009
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- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
- Titel
- INTRODUCTION: A Historical Overview of Islam in South Asia
- Ist Teil von
- Islam in South Asia in Practice, 2009, p.1
- Ort / Verlag
- Princeton University Press
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2009
- Quelle
- Alma/SFX Local Collection
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- For long centuries, India, in a memorable phrase, was “on the way to everywhere” (Abu Lughod 1989). Trade brought Arabs to India’s southern seacoasts and to the coasts of Sri Lanka, where small Muslim communities were established at least by the early eighth century. These traders played key economic roles and were patronized by non-Muslim kings like the Zamorin of Calicut (Kozhikode) who welcomed diverse merchant communities. The coastal areas had long served as nodal points for the transshipment of high value goods between China, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Europe, in addition to the spices, teak, and sandalwood
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISBN: 9780691044200, 0691044201Titel-ID: cdi_jstor_books_j_ctv301gh6_9
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- –
- Schlagworte
- Anthropology, Applied arts, Architecture, Arts, Behavioral sciences, Buildings, Ethnic groups, Ethnology, Ethnoreligious groups, Group identity, Hindus, Human geography, Institutional buildings, Islam, Islamic philosophy, Jihad, Mosques, Muslims, National identity, Nationalism, Political geography, Political organizations, Political parties, Political science, Polities, Practical theology, Psychology, Religion, Religious buildings, Religious practices, Religious rituals, Social psychology, Social sciences, Sovereign states, Spiritual belief systems, Sufism, Theology