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
Main Author:	Akkerman, Olly (Author)
Corporate Author:	Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
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 Electronic books.
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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