Islam in the Indian Ocean World: A Brief History with Documents (Bedford Series in History and Culture)

A world history lesson stretching across several centuries, Islam in the Indian Ocean World provides insight into how Islam changed the Indian Ocean world and vice versa. Part One. Introduction: Expansion And Transformation Of Islam In The Indian Ocean World. Muhammad And The Ummah ; Islamization And Afro-asianization ; Map: The Indian Ocean World, Ca. 1450 ; Arabia And Muslims Beyond The Peninsula ; Merchants, Law, And Custom ; Sufis, Ulema, And Society ; East Africa: Abyssinia And The Swahili Coast ; South Asia: Delhi, The Deccan, And Malabar ; Southeast Asia: Sumatra, Malacca, And Aceh ; Conclusion -- Part Two. The Documents. Ibn Battuta, Marco Polo, And Zheng He: 1. Ibn Battuta, The Travels Of Ibn Battuta, Ca. 1350 ; 2. Marco Polo, The Travels Of Marco Polo, Ca. 1294 ; 3. Zheng He, The Overall Survey Of The Ocean's Shores, 1433 -- Trade, Society, And Social Customs: 4. Abd-er-razzak, Narrative Of The Journey Of Abd-er-razzak, 1442 ; 5. Muhammad Ibn Asad Jalal Ud-din Al-dawwani, Jalalean Ethics, Ca. 1475 ; 6. Ahmad Ibn Majid,two Selections On Navigation: Book Of Useful Information On The Rules Of Navigation, 1490, Gathering Of The Summarizing Of The Concerning The First Principles Of The Knowledge Of The Seas, 1462 ; Zain Al-din Al-malibari, Gift Of The Mujahidin, 1583 ; 8. Tomé Pires, Suma Oriental, 1512-1515 ; 9. Duarte Barbosa, The Book Of Duarte Barbosa, Ca. 1516 ; 10. Antoine Galland, The Thousand And One Nights, 1717 ; 11. Françoise Bernier, Travels In The Mogul Empire, Ca. 1668 -- Islamic Law, The Qur'an, And Hadith: 12. The Azzan, Ca. 622 ; Fakhr Ud-din Al-razi, An Encyclopedia Of The Sciences, Ca. 1175 ; 14. Maulana Burhan Ud-din Marghinani, Guidance, Ca. 1195 ; 15. Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-ghazali, Revival Of The Religious Sciences, Ca. 1100 ; 16. Abu Amr Uthman, Letter To The Mamluk Sultan Of Egypt, Ca. 1392 ; 17. Ahmad Al-wansharisi, The Clear Measure, Ca. 1485 ; 18. Selections From The Qur'an, Ca. 610-632 ; 19. Sahih Al-bukhari, Selections From The Hadith, Ca 846 -- Muslim Polities And Politics. 20. Chauncy H. Stigand, The Land Of Zinj, 1913 ; 21. An Arabic Account Of Kilwa Kisiwani, Ca. 1520 ; 22. A Journal Of The First Voyage Of Vasco Da Gama, 1497-1499 ; 23. Hans Mary, On The Sack Of Kilwa And Mombasa, 1505 ; 24. Gulbadan Begum, The History Of Humayun, Ca. 1600 ; 25. Pieter Van Den Broecke, On Malik Ambar, Ca. 1610 ; 26. Imperial Edict From Chittagong, Bengal, 1666 -- Conversion And Religious Practice. 27. Muhammad Ibn Jubayr, The Travels Of Ibn Jubayr, 1183 ; 28. Pir Hassan Shah (attrib.), Nizari Isma'ili Qawali Devotional Songs: From His Light He Created The Earth, Ca. 1450, How Tired Are My Eyes, Ca. 1625 ; 29. The Chronicles Of The Kings Of Pasai, Ca. 1390 ; 30. Muhammad Mujir Wajib Adib, The Key To Paradise, Ca. 1350 ; 31. Shaykh Gisu Daraz, Women's Devotional Songs: Grindstone Song, Ca. 1450, Spinning Wheel Song, Ca. 1500 ; 32. Mukundaram, Kavikankana Candi, Ca. 1590 ; 33. Malay Annals, Ca. 1550 ; 34. Abd Al-ra'uf, Essential Exposition And Clarification On The Visionary Experience Of The Dying And What Gladdens Him, Ca. 1650 -- Pluralism, Syncretism, And Reaction. 35. Amir Khusraw, Lovers Of God, Ca. 1300 ; 36. Abd Al-qadir Bada'uni, On Akbar's Tolerance, 1595 ; 37. Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi, Collected Letters, Ca. 1600 ; 38. Dara Shikoh, Dara Shikoh, On His Pantheism: The Secret Of Unity, Ca. 1650, Paradise, Ca. 1650 ; 39. Na't, Devotional Poetry: Na't Of The Prophet, Ca. 1600, In The Garden Of The Prophet, Ca. 1600 ; 40. Abd Ul-haqq Al-dihlawi Al-bukhari, The Perfection Of Faith, Ca. 1650 ; 41. Ibn 'umar Mihrabi, The Indian Proof, Ca. 1615 -- Appendixes. A Chronology Of Islam In The Indian Ocean World (570-1704) ; Questions For Consideration. Omar H. Ali, University Of North Carolina At Greensboro. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 144-146) And Index. Compilation Of 41 Source Texts Translated Into English From Various Languages, With An Introduction. Part One. Introduction: Expansion and transformation of Islam in the Indian Ocean world. Muhammad and the Ummah ; Islamization and Afro-Asianization ; Map: the Indian Ocean world, ca. 1450 ; Arabia and Muslims beyond the Peninsula ; Merchants, law, and custom ; Sufis, Ulema, and society ; East Africa: Abyssinia and the Swahili coast ; South Asia: Delhi, the Deccan, and Malabar ; Southeast Asia: Sumatra, Malacca, and Aceh ; Conclusion Part two. The documents. Ibn Battuta, Marco Polo, and Zheng He: 1. Ibn Battuta, The travels of Ibn Battuta, ca. 1350 ; 2. Marco Polo, The travels of Marco Polo, ca. 1294 ; 3. Zheng He, The overall survey of the ocean's shores, 1433 Trade, society, and social customs: 4. Abd-er-Razzak, Narrative of the Journey of Abd-er-Razzak, 1442 ; 5. Muhammad Ibn Asad Jalal ud-din al-Dawwani, Jalalean Ethics, ca. 1475 ; 6. Ahmad Ibn Majid, two selections on navigation: Book of useful Information on the rules of navigation, 1490, Gathering of the summarizing of the concerning the first principles of the knowledge of the seas, 1462 ; Zain al-Din al-Malibari, Gift of the Mujahidin, 1583 ; 8. Tomé Pires, Suma oriental, 1512-1515 ; 9. Duarte Barbosa, The book of Duarte Barbosa, ca. 1516 ; 10. Antoine Galland, The thousand and one nights, 1717 ; 11. Françoise Bernier, travels in the Mogul Empire, ca. 1668 Islamic Law, the Qur'an, and Hadith: 12. The Azzan, ca. 622 ; Fakhr ud-din al-Razi, An encyclopedia of the sciences, ca. 1175 ; 14. Maulana Burhan ud-din Marghinani, Guidance, ca. 1195 ; 15. Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali, Revival of the religious sciences, ca. 1100 ; 16. Abu Amr Uthman, Letter to the Mamluk Sultan of Egypt, ca. 1392 ; 17. Ahmad al-Wansharisi, The clear measure, ca. 1485 ; 18. Selections from the Qur'an, ca. 610-632 ; 19. Sahih al-Bukhari, selections from the Hadith, ca 846 ; Muslim Polities and Politics. ; 20. Chauncy H. Stigand, The land of Zinj, 1913 ; 21. An Arabic account of Kilwa Kisiwani, ca. 1520 ; 22. A journal of the first voyage of Vasco da Gama, 1497-1499 ; 23. Hans Mary, on the sack of Kilwa and Mombasa, 1505 ; 24. Gulbadan Begum, The history of Humayun, ca. 1600 ; 25. Pieter van den Broecke, On Malik Ambar, ca. 1610 ; 26. Imperial edict from Chittagong, Bengal, 1666 Conversion and religious practice. 27. Muhammad Ibn Jubayr, The travels of Ibn Jubayr, 1183 ; 28. Pir Hassan Shah (attrib.), Nizari Isma'ili Qawali devotional songs: From His light He created the Earth, ca. 1450, How tired are my eyes, ca. 1625 ; 29. The chronicles of the Kings of Pasai, ca. 1390 ; 30. Muhammad Mujir Wajib Adib, The key to paradise, ca. 1350 ; 31. Shaykh Gisu Daraz, women's devotional songs: Grindstone song, ca. 1450, Spinning wheel song, ca. 1500 ; 32. Mukundaram, Kavikankana Candi, ca. 1590 ; 33. Malay Annals, ca. 1550 ; 34. Abd al-Ra'uf, Essential exposition and clarification on the visionary experience of the dying and what gladdens Him, ca. 1650 Pluralism, syncretism, and Reaction. 35. Amir Khusraw, Lovers of God, ca. 1300 ; 36. Abd al-Qadir Bada'uni, On Akbar's tolerance, 1595 ; 37. Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi, Collected letters, ca. 1600 ; 38. Dara Shikoh, Dara Shikoh, on His pantheism: The secret of unity, ca. 1650, Paradise, ca. 1650 ; 39. Na't, devotional poetry: Na't of the Prophet, ca. 1600, In the garden of the Prophet, ca. 1600 ; 40. Abd ul-Haqq al-Dihlawi al-Bukhari, The perfection of faith, ca. 1650 ; 41. Ibn 'Umar Mihrabi, The Indian proof, ca. 1615 Appendixes. A chronology of Islam in the Indian Ocean world (570-1704) ; Questions for consideration. Cover 1 Inside Front Cover 2 Half Title 3 Title Page 5 Copyright Page 6 Foreword 7 Preface 11 Acknowledgments 12 Contents 13 Half Title 17 Part One Introduction: Expansion and Transformation of Islam in the Indian Ocean World 19 Muhhammad and the Ummah 19 Islamization and Afro-Asianization 20 Arabia and Muslims Beyond the Peninsula 22 Mechants, Law, and Custom 24 Sufis, Ulema, and Society 29 East Africa: Abyssinia and the Swahili Coast 33 South Asia: Delhi, The Deccan, and Malabar 36 Southeast Asia: Sumatra, Malacca, and Aceh 40 Conclusion 44 Part Two The Documents 49 1 Ibn Battuta, Marco Polo, and Zheng He 51 1 Ibn Battuta The Travels of Ibn Battuta ca. 1350 51 2 Marco Polo The Travels of Marco Polo ca. 1294 60 3 Zheng He The Overall Survey of the Ocean’s Shores 1433 63 2 Trade, Society, and Social Customs 68 4 Abd-er-Razzak Narrative of the Journey of Abd-er-Razzak 1442 68 5 Muhammad Ibn Asad Jalal Ud-din Al-Dawwani Jalalean Ethics ca. 1475 72 6 Ahmad Ibn Majid Two Selections on Navigation 74 7 Zain Al-Din Al-Malibari Gift of the Mujahidin 1583 76 8 Tomé Pires Suma Oriental 1512–1515 80 9 Duarte Barbosa The Book of Duarte Barbosa ca. 1516 82 10 Antoine Galland The Thousand and One Nights 1717 84 11 François Bernier Travels in the Mogul Empire ca. 1668 88 3 Islamic Law, the Qur’an, and Hadith 91 12 The Azzan ca. 622 91 13 Fakhr Ud-din Al-Razi An Encyclopedia of the Sciences ca. 1175 93 14 Maulana Burhan Ud-din Marghinani Guidance ca. 1195 95 15 Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazali Revival of the Religious Sciences ca. 1100 97 16 Abu Amr Uthman Letter to the Mamluk Sultan of Egypt ca. 1392 99 17 Ahmad Al-Wansharisi The Clear Measure ca. 1485 101 18 Selections from the Qur’an ca. 610–632 102 19 Sahih Al-Bukhari Selections from the Hadith ca. 846 107 4 Muslim Polities and Politics 111 20 Chauncy H. Stigand The Land of Zinj 1913 111 21 An Arabic Account of Kilwa Kisiwani ca. 1520 113 22 A Journal of the First Voyage of Vasco da Gama 1497–1499 116 23 Hans Mayr on the Sack of Kilwa and Mombasa 1505 120 24 Gulbadan Begum The History of Humayun ca. 1600 121 25 Pieter van den Broecke on Malik Ambar ca. 1610 124 26 Imperial Edict from Chittagong, Bengal 1666 127 5 Conversion and Religious Practice 129 27 Muhammad Ibn Jubayr The Travels of Ibn Jubayr 1183 129 28 Pir Hassan Shah (Attrib.) Nizari Isma’ili Qawali Devotional Songs 131 29 The Chronicles of the Kings of Pasai ca. 1390 133 30 Muhammad Mujir Wajib Adib The Key to Paradise ca. 1350 134 31 Shaykh Gisu Daraz Women’s Devotional Songs 135 32 Mukundaram Kavikankana Candi ca. 1590 138 33 Malay Annals ca. 1550 139 34 Abd Al-Ra’uf Essential Exposition and Clarification on the Visionary Experience of the Dying and What Gladdens Him ca. 1650 141 6 Pluralism, Syncretism, and Reaction 142 35 Amir Khusraw Lovers of God ca. 1300 142 36 Abd Al-Qadir Bada’uni On Akbar’s Tolerance 1595 143 37 Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi Collected Letters ca. 1600 146 38 Dara Shikoh Dara Shikoh, on His Pantheism 148 39 Na’t, Devotional Poetry 150 40 Abd Ul-Haqq Al-Dihlawi Al-Bukhari The Perfection of Faith ca. 1650 152 41 Ibn ‘Umar Mihrabi The Indian Proof ca. 1615 155 A Chronology of Islam in the Indian Ocean World (570–1704) 157 Questions for Consideration 160 Selected Bibliography 162 Acknowledgments 165 Index 167 Back Cover 180