TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ho, Engseng. 
AU  - Engseng Ho 
TI  - The graves of Tarim:  : genealogy and mobility across the Indian Ocean. 
SN  - 9780520244542
U1  - 953.35 HO 
PY  - 2006///
CY  - , Berkeley
PB  - : University of California Press
KW  - Antiquities
KW  - History
KW  - Regions & Countries
KW  - Asia & the Middle East
KW  - Anthropology Cultural
N1  - 
Preface: Hadrawi society, an old diaspora
I: BURIAL: The society of the absent
Geography, a pathway through history
A resolute localism
Conclusion to Part I: Making Tarim a place of return
II: GENEALOGICAL TRAVEL: Ecumenical Islam in an oceanic world
Hybrid texts: genealogy as light and as law
Creole kingship: genealogy as gift
Conclusion to Part II: Local cosmopolitans
III: RETURNS: Return as pilgrimage
Repatriation
The view from the verandah
Evictions
Concluding remarks: Names beyond nations
N2  - Ranging from Arabia to India and Southeast Asia, this work explores the transcultural exchanges that enabled Hadrami Yemeni descendants of the Muslim prophet Muhammad to become locals in each of the three regions, yet remain cosmopolitans with vital connections across the ocean
ER  -