ISBN:
9780191965876
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
,
Illustrations (black and white, and colour).
Edition:
First edition.
Series Statement:
Oxford scholarship online
DDC:
305.6970954792
Keywords:
Tyabji family
;
Muslims History
;
Society
;
Society & culture: general
;
Mumbai (India) Social life and customs
Abstract:
Muslims formed a disparate and unwieldy 'community' in Bombay in the 19th century. The Islam that was professedly held in common by various groups could barely provide a sense of unity or cohesion to people so widely diverse in terms of language, customs, and also of forms and practices of belief. By the middle of the 19th century, a class of wealthy ship owners, ship-builders, and merchants, belonging to the varied communities that constituted the city, of which Muslims formed an important part, had emerged. This class was outward-looking, 'modern', and generally reformist in outlook. The questions that were being raised in the social turmoil of the period amongst Hindus were over issues of female education, the age of marriage, widow remarriage, and female seclusion.
Note:
This edition also issued in print: 2023
,
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.1093/oso/9780192869746.001.0001
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192869746.001.0001
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