Indian Ocean networks of Daʿwa, Tijāra, and Khizāna: The Bohras as Manuscript Agents in Yemen
This article focuses on the question of the circulation of manuscripts and khizānāt al-kutub (book treasuries) between the Arabian Peninsula and the Indian Subcontinent in the early modern period. More specifically, it explores how a mercantile Shiʿi Ismaʿili community, known as the Ṭayyibī Bohra...
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| Language: | English |
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Centre Français d’Archéologie et de Sciences Sociales de Sanaa
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| Series: | Arabian Humanities |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/arabianhumanities/9603 |