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The last of the lascars : Yemeni Muslims in Britain, 1836-2012 / Mohammad Siddique Seddon.

Title
The last of the lascars : Yemeni Muslims in Britain, 1836-2012 / Mohammad Siddique Seddon.
Author
Seddon, Mohammed Sidiq.
Publication
  • Markfield, Leicestershire : Kube Academic, [2014]
  • ©2014

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Description
xxii, 328 pages : illustrations, maps; 22 cm
Alternative Title
Yemeni Muslims in Britain, 1836-2012
Subject
  • Yemenis > England
  • Muslims > England
  • Jemeniten
  • Muslim
  • Großbritannien
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-318) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1. Yemen: A Brief History of Arabia Felix -- Ancient Rulers and Kingdoms -- Islam and the Zaydi Imams -- The Creation of Two Yemens -- Yemen Reunified -- Tribes and Tribalism -- `The Remotest Village' -- 2. From Aden to `Tiger Bay', `Barbary Coast' and `Little Arabia' -- A British Colony at Aden -- Yemeni Bahriyyah and Lascars -- Lascar Destitution and Christian Mission -- Muslim Rites and Rituals -- Lascar Settlement in Manchester -- 3. First World War: From Sacrifice to Sufferance -- Trade Unionism and Lascars -- World War One -- The 1919 Mill Dam Riots -- `Mixed Race' Marriages and `Mongrol' Children -- `Arab-Only' Boarding Houses and Cafes -- Muwassit Rivalries -- Restricting Lascar Settlement -- 4. Interwar Period: Shaykh Abdullah Ali al-Hakimi and the 'Alawi Tariqah -- Shaykh Abdullah Ali al-Hakimi -- Shaykh Ahmad ibn Mustafa al-'Alawi -- The 'Alawi Tariqah in Britain -- The Establishment of Zawaya -- Al-Hakimi in Cardiff -- Manifestations of Religious Identity -- The Free Yemen Movement -- Al-Hakimi's Legacy -- 5. Post-World War Two Migration, the Muwalladun and Shaykh Hassan Ismail -- Post-World War Two Migration -- Discrimination and Racism -- The Muwalladun -- Integration and Community Formation -- `Muslimness' and the Zawaya -- The Succession of Shaykh Hassan Ismail -- 6. Shaykh Said Hassan Ismail and `Second Wave' Migration -- Shaykh Said Hassan Ismail -- The Sayyid, Masha'ikh and Qaba'il -- The Making of the Urban Village -- The Diaspora and Yemen -- Political Activism and Community Development -- The `Prince' Naseem Factor -- 7. Becoming Visible: The Emergence of British Yemenis -- Acculturating British Yemeniness -- `Anglo-Arabs' and `English Muslims' -- Is Chewing Qat Consuming Yemen? -- A Tale of Two Cities: Capacity Building -- Preserving Tradition and Embracing Transformation.
ISBN
  • 1847740359
  • 9781847740359
OCLC
  • 813931760
  • SCSB-11066940
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library