Kauman - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Kauman - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Nakamura, Mitsuo

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1062436
Doc. NO	:	ALei2833
Main Entry	:	Nakamura, Mitsuo
Title & Author	:	Kauman - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Nakamura, Mitsuo
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(519 words)
Abstract	:	Kauman (or pakauman) , a Javanese term derived from the Arabic qawm (a people) and meaning “place for kaum (here: religious functionaries),” denotes the ward in major towns of Central and East Java in which the principal mosque of a district is located and religious functionaries reside. The earliest kauman is found in Demak, on the northern coast of Central Java, where the first Javanese Muslim kingdom emerged in the early tenth/sixteenth century. Later, the kauman in the capital of the susuhunate (hereditary ruling power) of Surakarta became clearly demarcated
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei2833.pdf