Curating lived Islam in the Muslim world : British scholars, sojourners and sleuths /

Beginning with the medieval period, this book collates and reviews first-hand scholarship on Muslims in the Middle East and South Asia, as noted down by eminent British travelers, sleuths and observers of lived Islam. The book foregrounds the pre-colonial and pre-Orientalist phase and locates the mu...

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Main Author: Malik, Iftikhar Haider, 1949- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, [2021].
Series:Routledge Islamic studies.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Travel Narratives and the Imperial Imperatives: Investigating Gender and Islam
  • 1. Adelard and Muslim Scholarship: Connecting the Medieval Worlds during the Crusades and Reconquista
  • 2. The Pioneer Traveller-Observer: Thomas Coryate's Eastern Journeys and Discourses
  • 3. Mary Wortley Montagu in the Ottoman World: A Formidable Non-Orientalist
  • 4. Montagu on Gender, Janissaries, Jews and Inoculation in Ottoman Turkey
  • 5. Bridging the Gaps: Fanny Parkes among the Indian Muslims
  • 6. Mapping Muslim Communities: Mrs Meer Hassan Ali (Biddy Timms) in India
  • 7. Scholar, Spy and Imperial Socialite: Gertrude Bell among Muslims
  • 8. Lone Scholar and Invisible Sleuth: Freya Stark and Muslims
  • Epilogue: Sojourners and Academes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.