A Neo-Fatimid Treasury of Books : Arabic Manuscripts among the Alawi Bohras of South Asia /

Explores communities, manuscripts and their spaces of dwellingUtilises extensive archival and ethnographic fieldwork including unique access to the Alawi Bohra treasury of booksShows that the manuscript transmission of Fatimid manuscripts is as much alive today as centuries agoArgues that the Alawi...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Akkerman, Olly (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]
Subjects:
Islamic libraries > India > Gujarat.
Ismailites > India > Gujarat.
Manuscripts, Arabic > India > Gujarat.
Islamic Studies.
Bibliothèques islamiques.
Ismaéliens > Inde > Gujarāt.
Manuscrits arabes > Inde > Gujarāt.
HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia.
Islamic libraries
Ismailites
Manuscripts, Arabic
India > Gujarat
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Maps and Figures
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes on Transliteration and Dates
  • Sources
  • Prologue: Fatimid Encounters across the Indian Ocean
  • Introduction Reading Sijistani in Gujarat: The Bohra Treasury of Books
  • Inside the Treasury of Books: Reflections on the Ethnography of Manuscripts
  • Chapter 1 Community: Introduction to the Alawi Bohras
  • Chapter 2 Treasury of Books
  • Chapter 3 Secret Universe
  • Chapter 4 Manuscript Stories
  • Chapter 5 Materiality of Secrecy
  • Chapter 6 Script and Scribal Politics
  • Conclusion: A Jihad for Books
  • Epilogue: A Case for Social Codicology
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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