| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 317 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Brill's Southeast Asian library ; volume 4 |
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Brill's Southeast Asian library.
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| Contents |
Sayyid Uthman: a view from within -- An Indigenous biography: the Qamar al-zaman -- The Suluh zaman and the Qamar al-zaman -- The relationship between the Suluh zaman and the Qamar al-zaman -- The Qamar al-zaman: language and form -- The Qamar al-zaman: translation -- The life and work of Sayyid Uthman -- The formative years of Sayyid Uthman (1822-1862) -- Family background -- Birth and youth in Batavia (1822-1841) -- Stay in Mecca (1841-1847) -- Stay in Hadramaut (1847-1862) -- Travels in the Middle East (1855-1856) -- Serving the Muslim community: scholar and publisher in Batavia (1862-1885) -- Earliest activities in Batavia -- Printing and the lithographic press of Sayyid Uthman -- Controversies -- The establishment of the New Moon -- The duplication of Friday mosques -- The distribution of the income of the Luar Batang shrine -- Establishing the correct Qibla -- Joint marital property -- Conditional repudiation -- Procedure of the Islamic courts -- Writer and publisher in Batavia -- Introduction to theology -- Works for pilgrims to Mecca -- Edifying works -- A devotional text -- Atlas of Hadramaut -- Genealogy of the Sayyids -- Inheritance law -- A manual for good manners -- Instructions for the collective prayer -- Partner of C. Snouck Hurgronje (1889-1906) -- Early contacts with the Dutch -- Disturbances in West Java -- First correspondence with C. Snouck Hurgronje in Leiden -- More writings against the Tarekat and some other writings -- Entering the service of the government -- Honorary advisor for Arabs affairs, 1891 -- Issues with direct relevance to the administration -- Wasiat -- The new Friday Mosque in Palembang -- The administration of Islamic law -- Dress -- Local politics -- Sayyid Uthman and the pan-Islamist lobby (1895-1900) -- Becoming a target for criticism -- The prayer for Queen Wilhelmina and the reactions to it -- A royal decoration -- Sayyid Uthman under attack -- Sayyid Uthman on the defensive -- An Ottoman decoration? -- Sayyid Uthman and the Egyptian reformist movement (1905-1912) -- Sayyid Uthman's initial reaction to the reformist movement -- Sayyid Uthman and Rashid Rida in dialogue -- Legal methodology -- Education -- Answering the challenge of Rashid Rida -- More exchanges between Rashid Rida and Sayyid Uthman -- Persistent warnings against the reformists in the Netherlands East Indies -- Constant guidance for the Muslim community (1891-1912) -- Controversies -- The devil of Bandung -- Issues related to the Quran -- The phonographic rendering of the Quran -- The translation of the Quran -- Another debate about the Naqshabandiyya order -- Guiding the believers -- Admonitions -- Fatwas -- Scholar and writer -- Works dealing with ritual -- Theological writings -- The establishment of the New Moon -- Works for practical use -- Mosque issues -- Sayyid Uthman's speech to the Solo congress -- Sayyid Uthman's writings on Sarekat Islam -- The last concerns and activities of Sayyid Uthman -- Admonishing the Arabs -- A final letter to Leiden -- The death Sayyid Uthman -- Sayyid Uthman: a view from without -- The Qamar al-zaman revisited -- Sayyid Uthman's attitude towards the colonial government and Western culture -- Sayyid Uthman's involvement in the colonial administration -- Sayyid Uthman as scholar |
| Summary |
In this biography Nico J.G. Kaptein studies the life and times of Sayyid ʻUthman (1822-1914), the most prominent Muslim scholar of his time in the Netherlands East Indies |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Uthman, Sayyid, 1822-1914.
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| SUBJECT |
Uthman, Sayyid, 1822-1914 fast |
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Islam and state -- Indonesia -- History
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HISTORY -- Asia -- Southeast Asia.
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Islam and state
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Colonies -- Administration
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Netherlandish colonies
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Koloniaal bestuur.
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Reformisme.
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Islam.
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Kolonialisme.
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Nederlandse koloniën.
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| SUBJECT |
Netherlands -- Indonesia -- Colonies -- Administration
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| Subject |
Indonesia
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Indonesië.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Biografieën (vorm)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789004278707 |
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9004278702 |
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