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

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" Maldives - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Feener, R. Michael

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1062651
Doc. NO	:	ALei3048
Main Entry	:	Feener, R. Michael
Title & Author	:	Maldives - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Feener, R. Michael
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(2,123 words)
Abstract	:	The Maldives is a central Indian Ocean archipelago of coral atolls that was Islamised in the mid-sixth/twelfth century. Early sources describe abrupt political and economic transformations as institutional Buddhism was abolished and mosques built on royal endowments across several islands during the sixth/twelfth century. Over the centuries that followed, integration into trans-regional Muslim circulations of commerce and culture facilitated the consolidation of a strong sense of Islamic identity amongst the population. Today, citizenship in the modern Republic of the Maldives is constitutionally limited to Muslims. 1.
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei3048.pdf