The Graves of Tarim: Genealogy and Mobility Across the Indian Ocean Volume 3

(Part of the California World History Library Series)

by Engseng Ho

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The Graves of Tarim narrates the movement of an old diaspora across the Indian Ocean over the past five hundred years. Ranging from Arabia to India and Southeast Asia, Engseng Ho explores the transcultural exchanges--in kinship and writing--that enabled Hadrami Yemeni descendants of the Muslim prophet Muhammad to become locals in each of the three regions yet remain cosmopolitans with vital connections across the ocean. At home throughout the...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0520244540

ISBN13:9780520244542

Release Date:November 2006

Publisher:University of California Press

Length:406 Pages

Weight:1.45 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Related Subjects

Anthropology Asia Cultural Education & Reference History Middle East Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Yemen

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