Introduction : life in-between -- Remaking the Indian Ocean world : Sufis, sovereigns, and the Mappilas of Malabar -- "Where the sun rises to where the sun sets" : origins, life, and the faces of sovereignty -- "The tear will widen" : re-ordering government Madras to Istanbul -- "Time is the only veil" : Sufism and the politics of recognition -- Uncertain returns : cyberspace, genetics, and genealogies -- "This true and merciful way" : sovereignty and life's end(s) -- Conclusion : sovereignty and life's mysterious unity
