The changing world of a Bombay Muslim community, 1870-1945:

Muslims formed a disparate and unwieldy 'community' in Bombay in the 19th century. The Islam that was professedly held in common by various groups could barely provide a sense of unity or cohesion to people so widely diverse in terms of language, customs, and also of forms and practices of...

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Main Author: Tyabji, Salima (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2023
Edition:First edition
Series:Oxford scholarship online
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Online Access:BSB01
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Summary:Muslims formed a disparate and unwieldy 'community' in Bombay in the 19th century. The Islam that was professedly held in common by various groups could barely provide a sense of unity or cohesion to people so widely diverse in terms of language, customs, and also of forms and practices of belief. By the middle of the 19th century, a class of wealthy ship owners, ship-builders, and merchants, belonging to the varied communities that constituted the city, of which Muslims formed an important part, had emerged. This class was outward-looking, 'modern', and generally reformist in outlook. The questions that were being raised in the social turmoil of the period amongst Hindus were over issues of female education, the age of marriage, widow remarriage, and female seclusion
Item Description:This edition also issued in print: 2023. - Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxvi, 330 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9780191965876
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780192869746.001.0001