Islam in the Indian Ocean world: a brief history with documents

Part One. Introduction: Expansion and transformation of Islam in the Indian Ocean world. Muhammad and the Ummah ; Islamization and Afro-Asianization ; Map: the Indian Ocean world, ca. 1450 ; Arabia and Muslims beyond the Peninsula ; Merchants, law, and custom ; Sufis, Ulema, and society ; East Africa: Abyssinia and the Swahili coast ; South Asia: Delhi, the Deccan, and Malabar ; Southeast Asia: Sumatra, Malacca, and Aceh ; Conclusion

Part two. The documents. Ibn Battuta, Marco Polo, and Zheng He: 1. Ibn Battuta, The travels of Ibn Battuta, ca. 1350 ; 2. Marco Polo, The travels of Marco Polo, ca. 1294 ; 3. Zheng He, The overall survey of the ocean's shores, 1433

Trade, society, and social customs: 4. Abd-er-Razzak, Narrative of the Journey of Abd-er-Razzak, 1442 ; 5. Muhammad Ibn Asad Jalal ud-din al-Dawwani, Jalalean Ethics, ca. 1475 ; 6. Ahmad Ibn Majid, two selections on navigation: Book of useful Information on the rules of navigation, 1490, Gathering of the summarizing of the concerning the first principles of the knowledge of the seas, 1462 ; Zain al-Din al-Malibari, Gift of the Mujahidin, 1583 ; 8. Tomé Pires, Suma oriental, 1512-1515 ; 9. Duarte Barbosa, The book of Duarte Barbosa, ca. 1516 ; 10. Antoine Galland, The thousand and one nights, 1717 ; 11. Françoise Bernier, travels in the Mogul Empire, ca. 1668

Islamic Law, the Qur'an, and Hadith: 12. The Azzan, ca. 622 ; Fakhr ud-din al-Razi, An encyclopedia of the sciences, ca. 1175 ; 14. Maulana Burhan ud-din Marghinani, Guidance, ca. 1195 ; 15. Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali, Revival of the religious sciences, ca. 1100 ; 16. Abu Amr Uthman, Letter to the Mamluk Sultan of Egypt, ca. 1392 ; 17. Ahmad al-Wansharisi, The clear measure, ca. 1485 ; 18. Selections from the Qur'an, ca. 610-632 ; 19. Sahih al-Bukhari, selections from the Hadith, ca 846 ; Muslim Polities and Politics. ;

20. Chauncy H. Stigand, The land of Zinj, 1913 ; 21. An Arabic account of Kilwa Kisiwani, ca. 1520 ; 22. A journal of the first voyage of Vasco da Gama, 1497-1499 ; 23. Hans Mary, on the sack of Kilwa and Mombasa, 1505 ; 24. Gulbadan Begum, The history of Humayun, ca. 1600 ; 25. Pieter van den Broecke, On Malik Ambar, ca. 1610 ; 26. Imperial edict from Chittagong, Bengal, 1666

Conversion and religious practice. 27. Muhammad Ibn Jubayr, The travels of Ibn Jubayr, 1183 ; 28. Pir Hassan Shah (attrib.), Nizari Isma'ili Qawali devotional songs: From His light He created the Earth, ca. 1450, How tired are my eyes, ca. 1625 ; 29. The chronicles of the Kings of Pasai, ca. 1390 ; 30. Muhammad Mujir Wajib Adib, The key to paradise, ca. 1350 ; 31. Shaykh Gisu Daraz, women's devotional songs: Grindstone song, ca. 1450, Spinning wheel song, ca. 1500 ; 32. Mukundaram, Kavikankana Candi, ca. 1590 ; 33. Malay Annals, ca. 1550 ; 34. Abd al-Ra'uf, Essential exposition and clarification on the visionary experience of the dying and what gladdens Him, ca. 1650

Pluralism, syncretism, and Reaction. 35. Amir Khusraw, Lovers of God, ca. 1300 ; 36. Abd al-Qadir Bada'uni, On Akbar's tolerance, 1595 ; 37. Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi, Collected letters, ca. 1600 ; 38. Dara Shikoh, Dara Shikoh, on His pantheism: The secret of unity, ca. 1650, Paradise, ca. 1650 ; 39. Na't, devotional poetry: Na't of the Prophet, ca. 1600, In the garden of the Prophet, ca. 1600 ; 40. Abd ul-Haqq al-Dihlawi al-Bukhari, The perfection of faith, ca. 1650 ; 41. Ibn 'Umar Mihrabi, The Indian proof, ca. 1615

Appendixes. A chronology of Islam in the Indian Ocean world (570-1704) ; Questions for consideration.