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For God or empire : Sayyid Fadl and the Indian Ocean world

Title
For God or empire : Sayyid Fadl and the Indian Ocean world / Wilson Chacko Jacob.
Author
Jacob, Wilson Chacko, 1972-
Publication
Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2019]

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Description
xxi, 276 pages; 23 cm
Subject
  • Faḍl ibn ʻAlawī, Amir of Ẓafār, 1825-1900
  • British Occupation of India (1765-1947)
  • 1288-1947
  • Sufis > India > Malabar > Biography
  • Moplahs > India > Malabar > Biography
  • Political activists > India > Malabar > Biography
  • Sovereignty > Religious aspects > Islam
  • Islam and politics > Indian Ocean Region > History
  • Islam and politics
  • Moplahs
  • Political activists
  • Sufis
  • Turkey > History > Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918
  • India > History > British occupation, 1765-1947
  • India
  • India > Malabar
  • Indian Ocean Region
  • Turkey
Genre/Form
  • Biography.
  • History.
  • Biographies.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction : life in-between -- Remaking the Indian Ocean world : Sufis, sovereigns, and the Mappilas of Malabar -- "Where the sun rises to where the sun sets" : origins, life, and the faces of sovereignty -- "The tear will widen" : re-ordering government Madras to Istanbul -- "Time is the only veil" : Sufism and the politics of recognition -- Uncertain returns : cyberspace, genetics, and genealogies -- "This true and merciful way" : sovereignty and life's end(s) -- Conclusion : sovereignty and life's mysterious unity.
Call Number
JFE 19-7124
ISBN
  • 9780804793186
  • 0804793182
  • 9781503609631
  • 1503609634
LCCN
  • 2018053007
  • 40029290576
OCLC
1048941109
Author
Jacob, Wilson Chacko, 1972- author.
Title
For God or empire : Sayyid Fadl and the Indian Ocean world / Wilson Chacko Jacob.
Publisher
Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2019]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chronological Term
1288-1947
Other Standard Identifier
40029290576
Research Call Number
JFE 19-7124
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