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In terms of geographical breadth no less than population numbers, the British Empire was the largest ‘empire of Muslims’ in history, reaching from West to East Africa via Egypt and Palestine through India (and what is now Pakistan) to the Maldives and Malaysia. Right in the middle – in easy reach of the colonial transport hubs of Aden and Suez – lay the holy cities of Arabia, under Ottoman then Saudi jurisdiction. Taking the hajj as its focus, in this podcast we unravel the policies and compromises of empire that enabled larger numbers of pilgrims than ever to make the journey to Mecca. Nile Green talks to John Slight, the author of The British Empire and the Hajj, 1865-1956 (Harvard University Press, 2015).
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Chinese Muslims and the Middle East: The Transformation of Islam in Modern China
Sharia and the Modern State: How the British Empire—and its Muslim Subjects—Transformed Islamic Law
The Mongol Storm: How the Mongols Transformed the Middle East
Saintly Infrastructures of Medieval Islam: The Shrine at Torbat-e Jam
A Muslim Book Collector in Late Ottoman Europe
Who Decides What is Islamic? Insights from Anthropology
The Many Meanings of Muslim Martyrdom
The Muslims of Sri Lanka: Custodians of Adam’s Footprint
Praising the Prophet in West Africa: The Profound Eloquence of Arabic Madih Poems
The Archaeology of Islam: What Digging Tells us that Reading Doesn’t
The Most Influential Branch of Islam You’ve Never Heard Of: Barelwism
The Architect of Global Jihad: The Exile Life of Abdallah Azzam
Islamic Law across the Indian Ocean: Shafi‘i Debates from Egypt to Indonesia
The Adventures of Joseph in Africa: Swahili Tales of the Prophet Yusuf
A World of Wonders: A Muslim Guidebook to the Cosmos
How Bengalis Became Muslim (and How Islam Became Bengali)
The Meanings of Muslim Mysticism: An Introduction to Classical Sufi Texts
Singapore Islam: How a Commercial Hub became a Muslim Melting Pot
‘The Master of Illumination’: The Teachings of Suhrawardi
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