Table of Contents

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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A major historical study of Islam among the Swahili.

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'… ranks as a major publication in the field.' The Muslim World Book Review