Horn and Crescent

A major historical study of Islam among the Swahili.

Zusammenfassung
In this first major historical study of Islam among the Swahili, Randall Pouwels shows how Islam and other aspects of coastal civilization have evolved since about AD 1000 as an organic whole.

Inhalt
List of illustrations and maps; Preface; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The roots of a tradition, 800-1500; 2. The emergence of a tradition, 900-1500; 3. A northern metamorphosis, 1500-1800; Appendix; 4. Town Islam and the umma ideal; 5. Wealth, piety, justice, and learning; 6. The Zanzibar Sultanate, 1812-88; 7. New secularism and bureaucratic centralization; 8. A new literacy; 9. The early colonial era, 1885-1914; 10. Currents of popularism and eddies of reform; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

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