Islam translated: literature, conversion, and the Arabic cosmopolis of South and Southeast Asia/
Ronit Ricci.
- Chicago, IL : University of Chicago Press, 2011.
- xvi, 313 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- South Asia across the disciplines; .
Includes bibliography and index.
Arabic cosmopolis? -- Translation -- On "translation" and its untranslatability -- The Book of Samud: a Javanese literary tradition -- The Ayira Macala: Tamil questions and marvels -- Seribu Masalah: the Malay Book of One Thousand Questions -- Conversion -- Cosmopolitan in translation: Arabic's distant travels -- Conversion to Islam and the Book of One Thousand Questions -- A Jew on Java, a model Malay rabbi, and a Tamil Torah scholar -- The Arabic cosmopolis of South and Southeast Asia.
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Book of one thousand questions -- Translations -- History and criticism. Islamic literature -- Southeast Asia -- Translations -- History and criticism. RELIGION -- Christianity -- Literature & the Arts. Islam South Asia History.